Posted on 05/21/2015 8:10:28 PM PDT by massmike
A same-sex couple from St. John's is upset after discovering the jewelry store that sold them their engagement rings has posted a sign that seems to oppose same-sex marriage — but one of the store's owners says he's allowed to post his religious beliefs.
When Nicole White and Pam Renouf went looking for engagement rings a few months ago, the pair couldn't find anything they liked. The couple was eventually referred to Today's Jewellers in the Mount Pearl area because the store offers custom-made rings.
White and Renouf visited the store and later gave specifications and a price range for potential rings.
"They were great to work with. They seemed to have no issues. They knew the two of us were a same-sex couple," White said.
"I referred some of my friends to them, just because I did get some good customer service and they had good prices."
That was before one friend went in to purchase a ring for his girlfriend — and instead found a distressing sign.
It reads: "The sanctity of marriage is under attack. Let's keep marriage between a man and a woman."
The friend took a picture of the poster, which made its way back to White.
"I had no idea about the sign up until that point," she said.
"It was really upsetting. Really sad, because we already had money down on [the rings] , and they're displaying how much they are against gays, and how they think marriage should be between a man and a woman."
The couple went to the store the following day, and asked about the sign.
"They just said that that's their beliefs, and they think they can put up whatever they want. I just said it was very disrespectful, it's very unprofessional and I wanted a refund," White said.
"I have no issues with them believing in what they believe in. I think everyone's entitled to their own opinion. But I don't think they should put their personal beliefs inside their business."
White and Renouf hope to get a refund when the man who sold them the rings returns to town next month — but it's not guaranteed.
White said the rings were meant to be a symbol of love, but now the bands seem tainted.
"I think every time I look at that ring, I'll probably think of what we just went through," White said.
Idiots.
*shakes head*
My kind of jewelry store. Good for them.
Poor babies.
I am so tired of these drama queens. Homosexuality used to be the love that dared not speak its name. It’s become the love that won’t shut the f*** up.
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So they got what they wanted and it’s still not enough? Had the store turned them away they would have sued. So tired of this.
how dare he express anything meaningful ,,,openly,,,,like that
these people have now been microaggressed and will likely never be the same
who KNOWS what will now trigger their PTSD!!! ?
Obviously, it’s not enough just to do business with them.
And they got the refund? Only fags would throw a hissy fit with a “LOOK AT ME!” attitude. It’s a freaking refund. And just like the Sopranos “either you get over it or shut the F up”.
In other words, the store did not deny them any service
My militant lesbian cousin in Minneapolis turned down a bank loan because they refused to give she and her other a loan as a married couple.
This was before it was legal in Minnesota and the bank would be breaking the law if they had given an un married couple a loan as a married couple. The bank was willing to give them a joint loan but not as a married couple.
They refused and then spent months ranting about how the bank wouldn’t give them a loan because they were gay.
So, now they’re complaining that a business owner who opposes same-sex marriage DID serve them? Wow.
Yeah, because it's all about YOU, isn't it?
"I have no issues with them believing in what they believe in."
Bullcrap. Your previous statement proves otherwise.
"I think every time I look at that ring, I'll probably think of what we just went through," White said.
Oh gosh, you mean the horrible ordeal of getting polite service from someone who doesn't share your views on a single particular issue? You poor little special snowflake! /eyeroll
After seeing a Wells Fargo ad where two actresses tell a child they are her “two Mommies”, I’ll go out of my way to avoid Wells Fargo.
Just like these two dykes’s who, I’ll betcha, look nothing like the actresses.
That's funny and should be on a billboard or some t-shirts.
A) People have free speech.
B) You can’t change the way millions of years of evolution have shaped human behavior by throwing tantrums and insisting that your same-sex friendship is the same as an opposite sex mating bond.
I hate to be crude, but, seriously, all our biological imperative “cares about” is to make sure the next generation is born.
That's an utter lie. Keeping marriage between a man and a woman isn't anti-gay. It's anti-SSM which can't be a real marriage ever.
Go ahead and be gay. Enjoy your legal status as a civil union, but leave marriage alone.
a jewelry store in canada services a lebesian couple. but the lebos whine about the store owner posting a pro-family sign.
Thank God the owner wasn’t eating something from Chick-fil-A!
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