Which means that venues can now be sued for refusing to rent their space for KKK rallies, animal sacrifices and orgies.
$13,000?
if the average person makes about $26,000... then this sentence is the same as 6 months in jail
6 months in jail.
for not letting someone perform a ritual you find offensive to your beliefs, on your own property.
will the courts support my pig roast on the grounds of the local mosque?
The major constitutional problem with this action by the state is that it blatantly violates Section 1 of the 14th Amendment which prohibits the states from doing such things.
14th Amendment, Section 1: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States [emphasis added]; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Note that the 14th Amendment also gives Congress the power to strengthen constitutionally enumerated protections, freedom of religious expression in this case. But apathetic federal lawmakers have not lifted a finger to help the farmers in this case.
Remember in November !
The State's Division of Human Rights ONLY defends the rights of deviants, perverts and low lifes?
Where does equal protection come in? That's a universal Constitutional right, the right to be free to make choices so long as it does not actively compromise everyone else's right to make the same choices. And it is not a right to be used to eliminate someone else's rights.
These is the perverted set of "New York" Culture Cruz was referring to, unless the Fire and Police in New York State consists of only perverts and deviants.
Hurtful? The very sight of freaks is hurtful to normal people.
Memo to self: Never EVER go to New York State again!
Hopefully the airports are "safe" areas... to make a flight connection.
When they wanted civil unions we were told to shut up by some on our side, even a few on here. We were told how does this affect us.
We spoke against their sham marriage and told the same again.
Where are those liberals on here now telling us it does not affect us?
“Without justice what else is the state but a great band of robbers?” I believe applies here. St. Augustine
They should close and then reopen as a religious club which has to be joined with bylaws that must be subscribed to by any member.
What couple of liars. They are making it sound like the site was booked for their event and then cancelled. All they did was make one phone call of inquiry. Anyone who has planned ANY event -- especially a wedding -- knows that you go down a list of options and most of those options never pan out. It's why you start planning things like this way in advance. For them to imply that was their only possible facility for the event makes it clear they had an agenda to cause trouble from the start.