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Greenwich Village restaurant owner sued for backing out of gay wedding
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS ^ | September 17, 2012 | By Barbara Ross AND Tracy Connor

Posted on 09/18/2012 9:55:13 PM PDT by dennisw

The owner of a small chain of Asian restaurants — two in Greenwich Village, of all places — canceled a same-sex wedding party after saying gay and feng shui don’t go together, a lawsuit charges.

Newlyweds Barrett Greene and Thomas Eng say the owner violated their civil rights. Greene, 50, is a plumbing contractor from upstate New York, and Eng, 38, is a Manhattan-based computer professional.

They met on a cruise ship in 2004 and had a jet-setting romance before deciding to make it official with a wedding this summer.

They decided to have a rehearsal dinner at Amber Village, and also have their big day catered by the Asian fusion joint at Sixth Ave. and 10th St.

The couple contends that later that same day, a senior manager of Amber Village — a man identified only as Mr. Fong — summoned Ho.

“Fong was visibly angry and told Ho that he didn’t want any ‘gay parties’ at Amber Village,” the suit charges.

“Fong instructed Ho to ‘make an excuse’ and tell Greene that his rehearsal dinner could not take place at Amber Village and that his wedding could not be catered by them either.

“Fong also told Ho that it's ‘very bad’ for Amber Village to book ‘gay parties’ and that big groups of ‘gay partyers’ are especially bad for feng shui.”

Feng shui is an ancient art that dictates where objects should be placed in a room to promote harmony and good fortune.

Restaurant owner Qi Yeng Lin did not return calls, but the manager of the Christopher St. location said he was surprised by the allegation.

“Feng shui has to do with luck and fortune. It has to do with where do you put your plants and flowers, your furniture.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


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1 posted on 09/18/2012 9:55:15 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

The two dudes which one will be the wife?

2 posted on 09/18/2012 9:58:07 PM PDT by dennisw (Government be yo mamma - Re-elect Barack Obama)
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To: dennisw

Between Democrats and queers, we are a civilization ...


3 posted on 09/18/2012 10:00:20 PM PDT by doc1019 (Turn Medina into a glass parking lot and all this crap will stop.)
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Between Democrats and queers, we are a lost civilization ...


4 posted on 09/18/2012 10:01:29 PM PDT by doc1019 (Turn Medina into a glass parking lot and all this crap will stop.)
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Seems like the bitches are pissed.


5 posted on 09/18/2012 10:05:42 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Demoralization is a weapon of the enemy. Don't get it, don't spread it!)
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To: dennisw
"Greene, 50, is a plumbing contractor from upstate New York"

Greene showed Eng his "plumber's crack" while on a house call one day, and the two have been in love ever since.

6 posted on 09/18/2012 10:12:38 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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7 posted on 09/18/2012 10:14:04 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: dennisw
Feng shui is an ancient art that dictates where objects should be placed

Yes, a clear violation of Feng Shui.
8 posted on 09/18/2012 10:19:24 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: dennisw

Sexual practices that promote disease, vs cultural practices that date back thousands of years, that promote peace and harmony.

Logically, feng shui should win.


9 posted on 09/18/2012 10:50:16 PM PDT by wastedyears (The First Law of Heavy Metal: Not all metal is satanic.)
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To: andyk
feng shui...gay...a least they rhyme
10 posted on 09/18/2012 11:06:24 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (The Obamas = rude, crude and socially unacceptable)
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To: Gene Eric

“Seems like the bitches are pissed.”

The pervs were looking forward to eating their order of Sum Yung Boy...


11 posted on 09/18/2012 11:25:18 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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“They met on a cruise ship in 2004 and had a jet-setting romance before deciding to make it official with a wedding this summer.”

As I look at the wet chunks on the floor, I suddenly remember I had a bean-rice-cheese burrito from El Pollo Loco for dinner.


12 posted on 09/18/2012 11:30:58 PM PDT by doug from upland (I don't like RINOs, but I love my country more than I hate Romney...Muslim marxist, get out!)
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The skinney one.
Edith and Archie


13 posted on 09/18/2012 11:53:49 PM PDT by funfan
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To: dennisw

It’s related to Taoism, their concept of God is revealed in nature in how everything in the natural environment is placed in a perfect order which allows energy to flow through the world in a natural way. They believe that when they build an artificial environment, a building or a home, that things have to be placed in a certain balance or order that allows spiritual energy to flow thru the house or else there may be sickness or unsuccessful business. They extend this theory of flow into how a person’s life has to follow a natural order or it results in that person being out of balance and bad things occurring in their life.

So, basically, they’re saying that these people are not following the path of nature, are unnatural, essentially, and exude imbalanced or unnatural energy that can affect others in their surroundings in a negative way, and they don’t want their imbalance to alter the balanced energy of their establishment.

As a Christian, I have to say the Taoists and the Christians opinions on this subject are a view of the same mountain from different directions...

I’m not an expert on Taoism, but I had a martial arts teacher who knew something about it, and he said the original purpose of the 5 animal martial arts systems was that each animal represented a different elemental energy, each had an exercise for different parts of the body and the psyche. He perceived an excess of a certain elements in me, which led to his teaching me some Tiger (Hu Quan), he said to balance this excess. I fell in love with it...and as I’m getting older now, I’m very grateful; it’s been a blessing to my health and a practical help against trouble...that’s the source of the very little I know about this subject.


14 posted on 09/19/2012 12:04:46 AM PDT by Tuanedge
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To: andyk
"Feng shui is an ancient art that dictates where objects should be placed"

Can't, or shouldn't, put a square peg in a round hole. Just wasn't meant to be.

15 posted on 09/19/2012 2:00:07 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: dennisw
Fight between interior decorators and homosexuals like chinese cock fight.

Too many flying feathers to know for sure who gets it in the end.
16 posted on 09/19/2012 2:59:14 AM PDT by golux
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lol


17 posted on 09/19/2012 4:22:53 AM PDT by dennisw (Government be yo mamma - Re-elect Barack Obama)
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