Ditto.
Interior Decorators could retaliate. But then again, how many landscapers require their services?
Sounds like a business opportunity for someone who wants to cater to that market.
I expected they would. Heterosexuals outnumber homos almost 100 to 1.
One has to draw the balance between being respectful to people and not affirming what one considers sin. I would not draw the line where these landscapers did. Doing landscaping work does not seem to me to be affirming sinful lifestyle. Refusing to provide catering to a same sex "wedding", on the other hand, would be justified as not affirming sin.
They just want to be left alone.
Free citizens exercising the right of free association.
Hey, if a gay company refuses to work with heteros, it's similarly well within its rights.
What I think is really weird about this story is not so much that a landscaping company refused to deal with homosexuals, but that they made the statement IN ENGLISH.
Bullshit. The queers were looking to start some crap and that's what they did. They're only saddened that they didn't take the Farbers down.
Capitalism ROCKS!!!!
This seems a little like a taco stand refusing to serve mexicans.
The gay "couple" didn't overlook the obvious religious references on this business' website - I would bet money that is a lie. IMHO, the couple targeted this business.
One of the two gay clients, Gary Lackey, said, “We’re hoping things would die down” and declined to comment further in a telephone interview. The other member of the couple, Michael Lord, did not return a call.
Anyone else catch the gay guys last names?
As far as I am concerned it should only be government that cannot discriminate, anyway.
It is the government that should not be able to make distinctions between different free citizens, in law, regulation or government services.
But free citizens should be able to make distinctions that fit their values and beliefs, in their free associations with each other.
If a "heterosexual" company does not want to do work for a "homosexual" individual or company, or if a "homosexual" company does not want to do work for a "heterosexual" individual or company, I see no problem in a truly free society.
It is the government that must treat them the same in how the government regulates them, not in what the government commands they do or not do with each other.
Tolerance and non-discrimination are not the same concepts as acceptance. The law should expect tolerance in a multi-cultural society, but it should not be able to command acceptance. Tolerance mostly means not going out and taking direct action against, as opposed to directly taking action for. Tolerance does not require acceptance of others values, it does not require a change in your values. Tolerance only predicates a certain level of respect for the freedom of others to NOT share your values, without you or others requiring that ones own values be accepted. Tolerance does not therefore require that you suppress your values in who you choose to freely associate with. Tolerance only requires that you respect that same freedom for others.
I don't get this at all.
How is it not making a judgment when you say you won't serve homosexuals?
They are of course free to do business with whom they choose, but at least be honest about it.
“We’re sinners, Todd and I,”
Perhaps restaurants and housing should refuse to cater to them for being sinners.
What next.
Given the folks complaining, I'm not sure 'furor' is the right word.
Maybe "hissy fit".
The homosexual thought he was calling "Lawn Gay."
It's going to come to a head soon, and you will see another example in the next article I ping out. Homosexuality is either natural, normal and moral and anyone opposed to promoting it is immoral and sick, or vice versa. The homosexual rights promoters themselves are forcing this.
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For the anti landscaper view, here is a gay website thread pushing for the landscapers to be punished.
http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/forum/thread/gossip/3959531/page-1.html
. “Don’t they realize they are probably doing business with homosexuals every day? They should check out their pharmacist, hair dresser, bank teller, the nurse at their doctor’s office, the waiter at their favorite restaurant and the church secretary.”
If the pharmacist, hair dresser, bank teller, the nurse at their doctor’s office, the waiter at their favorite restaurant and the church secretary. started the conversation with "I'm a HOMO",
the Farbers probably wouldn't do biz with them.