Posted on 08/09/2013 1:55:52 PM PDT by Nachum
Another business is facing retribution for declining service to a same-sex couple. Betty and Dick Odgaard, owners of Görtz Haus Gallery in Grimes, Iowa, are catching the ire of gay rights advocates after they declined offering their venue to Lee Stafford and his fiance Jared.
Now the owners, who are Christians, are receiving vicious and threatening emails and phone calls — and they fear that their business could shut down because of the fierce reaction.
It was less than one week ago that the Lee and Jared entered Görtz Haus looking for additional information about holding their wedding there. After Dick realized that it would be a gay ceremony, he told the couple that they would not be able to hold their nuptials at the establishment — and that’s when the controversy erupted.
“It started with emails and we noticed the emails were from a person with a name that looked like a man’s name. We’re a little suspicious about it and … two fellows walked in and that’s where it all began,” Dick told TheBlaze on Friday. “It was obvious what the situation was. I had to confirm it. I asked if this was a gay marriage celebration and I said we can’t take your money for this.”
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
And we wonder why Putin is saying no to this.
So now gays are considered a race?
” And we wonder why Putin is saying no to this. “
Uh....no we don’t
LOL!
Put pictures of happy male and female couples all over the walls and a picture of Jesus behind the stage and a big ten commandments by the door.
Then see if they still want to hold it there, just double the price since there are two of a kind.
” So now gays are considered a race?”
” The Race That Couldn’t Breed” Due in theaters sept 2013.
These people are going to bite off more than they can choose. People are going to get enough! Sorry about the pun.
The Party of Tolerance strikes again!
PUTIN 2016!..................we can fake his birth certificate........or say he was born in Alaska..........
Uh....no we don’t
LOL!
I don’t know why, but it makes me think of this song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqsT4xnKZPg
This one is a no brainer.
After the story hits national publicity, they can have a free wedding at the White House with Caliph Baraq officiating.
You know we’re in trouble.... when our society devolves to the point where Russian Dictators look good.
HOW does race even enter into this??? Putin sees what is happening in the US and wants no part of our filth for Russia! BTW read the article comments... “Harry Potter” deserves some schoolin’! ;) I thought The Blaze was supposed to be a conservative source, that guy is obv. a troll!
I don’t know what has happened to the world.
It happened so fast.
One minute Marriage was a Sacrament blessed by God, the next it is a perverted sex act blessed by Satan.
If these people wish to go against nature and have sex with each other, instead of the opposite sex, that is their preference and their misfortune. Do not bring the wrath of God down on the rest of us by breaking the traditions that have held forth for 3,000 years. I do not now , nor will I ever accept same sex marriage.
Disgusting and a harbinger of things to come.
The wedding planners should explain to the judge that their phobia of queers is so bad they get violently ill in their presence, and don’t want to embarrass their customers with puke.
Disturbed minds.
” You know we’re in trouble.... when our society devolves to the point where Russian Dictators look good.”
At least Putin loves Russia, and he knows Obama hates America,
which would explain Putin’s disgust for Obama.
Gay rights activists don’t like freedom.
“The Race That Couldn’t Breed” Due in theaters Sept. 2013.
On a double feature with “Do-It-Yourself Extinction.”
Good one, TC.
Just following a good lead.
Double feature this fall at the Starlight Drive In;
“The race that couldn’t breed.” followed by
“Cankles, the life and loves of a near sighted harpy.”
We're there!
“You know we’re in trouble.... when our society devolves to the point where Russian Dictators look good.”
Comment of the day!
I totally agree. People can do what they want, but don’t bring the wrath of God on the rest of us.
And a big picture of S&G being destroyed.
Good idea about charging more. Tell them part of the price is for a large donation going to a Bible school because that’s just ‘who they are’.
Lived 9 years in IA, met exactly ONE HOMO.
These threats are coming from out of state.
I think he’s disgusted because he can’t support the Islamist wing of the Soros communist-Islamist alliance which put Obama in power here. Putin is neither stupid nor suicidal.
” The Race TO HELL” Due in theaters sept 2013.
A race to the bottom.....
“It started with emails and we noticed the emails were from a person with a name that looked like a man’s name. We’re a little suspicious about it and … two fellows walked in and that’s where it all began,””
One wonders if this entire chain of events was a set up from the get-go. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time a business got ambushed by some activist group.
Correct. Putin is neither.
The concession stand will get $25.00 for a bottle of cold water : )
What happened to freedom of association? To answer my question, here is an interesting quote from the Wikipedia article on the subject:
Because freedom of association necessarily
recognises pluralistic sources of power and organisation, aside from the government,
it has been a primary target for
repression by all dictatorial societies.
It is not about equal rights. It is about forcing homosexuality down our throats.
Advice to proprietor when gets threating call: invite them down to talk about it, load up and wait inside the door. This might be called bait hunting but who cares.
What business in this dilemma need to do is adopt a “poison pill” strategy: just make it clear that all profits from gay weddings be will be donated to the FRC or another similar organization. And keep track of all the hate mail and demand that the proper authorities investigate.
This is satan's attempt to mock God in satan's own kingdom.
Isaiah 14:
12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Evidently, the sentiment goes much further back in time.
What is the origin of the phrase, "Kill them all, let God sort them out"?
"it's often erroneously attributed to Patton, but the "Kill them all, for surely God will know his own" generally considered the source of the sentiment is attributed to an Abbot of Citeaux during the Crusades, Arnaud-Amaury."
After reading the umteenth story of this type, I'm tempted to say, "Nuke US all, God will sort us out!"
"Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus!"
It’s not that we think ‘Russian Dictators look good’, but Putin is actually doing for his country what we wish our leaders would do for our country. I must admit, I admire him, not for what he is, but for what he is doing for his country........
Amen!
Vicious gay heterophobics. I know it’s redundant.
Yeah, you can’t have a race unless it can repopulate itself.
homo-ptiraptors
big mean homosexual dinosaurs
What was once knows as “The love that dare not speak its name” has become “The love that won’t shut the heck up”.
At the rate this country is heading toward hell, God will owe Sodom and Gomorrah an apology.
So now gays are considered a race?
Do not worry my friend.! The same sex race do not have overies in there throat or butt,
He can claim Sarah Palin as a neighbor.
There is no water in hell so the easy deceived will assume it’s full. It would only be a taunt of satan.
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