Posted on 10/21/2006 2:30:15 PM PDT by GOP_Thug_Mom
Rick Casey
Oct. 19, 2006, 10:04PM We refuse to work for homosexuals
By RICK CASEY
It's hard to imagine that when Sabrina Farber sent out an e-mail Wednesday she had any idea what kind of firestorm it would set off.
At 9:08 a.m. Farber, who together with her husband, Todd, owns Garden Guy Inc., a landscaping company on Hillcroft, hit "send" on a message that delivered a painful blow with the verbal equivalent of a smiley face.
"Subject: Cancel Appt - Garden Guy
"Dear Mr. Lord,
"I am appreciative of your time on the phone today and glad you contacted us. I need to tell you that we cannot meet with you because we choose not to work for homosexuals.
"Best of luck in finding someone else to fill your landscaping needs.
"All my best,
"Sabrina"
'Marriage is under attack' Michael Lord, who is building a house in the Heights with his partner, told me he had found the company through an Internet search. He liked the "before and after" photos on the company Web site.
He said he didn't notice, at the bottom of one of the pages, under a photo of the Farbers and their four children, this:
"The God-ordained institution of marriage is under attack in courts across the nation, and your help is needed.
"Go to: www.nogaymarriage.com to take action."
Lord said he filled out a form on the Farbers' Web site and received a return e-mail expressing enthusiasm for the project. He called the company Wednesday morning to set up an appointment.
"Mrs. Farber kept referring to me and my wife," said Lord. "I told her it was actually my partner."
One-word message: WOW He said she didn't say anything about that on the phone, but five minutes after they agreed to a Sunday appointment and hung up, he received the e-mail quoted above.
At 9:17 a.m. Lord forwarded the message to his partner, Gary Lackey, with a one-word message: "WOW."
At 10:01, Lackey sent the message to a list of friends, some of whom forwarded it to their friends.
By Thursday, a national Internet discussion was under way.
Kirsten Ott of Atlanta learned of it from a bulletin sent out by one of her MySpace friends, with the subject line: "Please read, contact them and repost!! Fight this!!"
By the time she alerted me by e-mail, I had already received several others.
I reached the Farbers by phone, but they declined to comment.
Meanwhile, a forum on the Farbers' Web site, www.garden-guy.com, was heating up.
Messages ranged from the angry-but-reasonable to the abusive.
"I am embarrassed for you and your husband," wrote "Chris." "Just as you choose not to do business with us, I, my friends, my family, my co-workers and everyone I meet, will not do business with you! I have sent your e-mail to over 50 people I know and work with. These people know 50 others each ... was your bigotry worth it?"
A writer who said he is a Houston architect wrote that he was glad to learn of their policy so he could avoid sending anyone to them.
"Renting a billboard might not have been as effective as cancelling an appointment by an easily redistributed e-mail, and not having the God-given guts to convey your stance over the telephone."
Many of the postings indicated they would boycott the Garden Guy. Some challenged the Farbers' version of Christianity. I found one that was critical of the angry correspondents.
"There is more hate in these posts than in the original e-mail," wrote "Dave." "Why do you feel that we Christians MUST accept you? Don't you find it ironic that while you demand in one breath that we give up our position that Homosexuality is a sin worthy of hell, that you condemn us to that very place in your next?"
A few posts were crude. Perhaps that's why the Farbers removed the "forum" feature from their site about midday Thursday. When I last checked, there were more than 60 messages viewed by more than 4,000 visitors.
Were I posting, I would commend the Farbers for standing by their principles in an age where money trumps all.
They might, however, consider climbing up one more rung on the moral ladder.
They should refuse to do business with all sinners.
You can write to Rick Casey at P.O. Box 4260, Houston, TX 77210, or e-mail him at rick.casey@chron.com.
Ah, the tolerance of militants. Threats, unprovable claims of a widespread movement and the irresistible urge to shout 'NYAH NYAH NYAH.'
They are almost too easy to ridicule.
Michael Lord and his boy toy are now going to own "Garden Guy."
What Ms. Farber should have done was to give them a quote of double the going rate.
A true conservative? As in the born-again gay haters club variety? Is that you Reverend Phelps? I'm not interested. Please shut the gate when you leave. If I see Jesus, I'll send him your way. OK?
"Given the nature of your business.....one would reasonably guess that you deal with a lot of liberals in business."
I don't want to blow a hole in your stereotyping an industry, but the large majority of my customers and other dealers are strongly conservative. I'm sure you either know the type or have read about them, i.e. people that hunt, fish, work in the woods cutting down trees destroying the environment, men with wives and kids, etc. You know, real men who work hard for a living, that type. Not the type you'd meet at an Act-Up! or NAMBLA meeting.
If I do take money from a liberal, which I wouldn't know because they don't call and say "Hello, I'm a liberal and I want to place an order with you", then that just leaves them with less money to donate to homosexual supporters.
Sorry if I offended you.
"As in the born-again gay haters club variety?"
You mean as in your statements below? Find a place and stay there, you're all over the board.
Posted by TNdandelion to ConservativeStLouisGuy: (02/01/2006)
"The only positive trend I've seen in the feminist movement is the increase in lesbianism. If they turn to each other, maybe that will reduce the chances that they will reproduce and eventually just die out."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569783/posts
Or in your Post #133 to me:
"You know…I have to admit you got me on the radical feminist comment.."...."Childlessness and therefore fewer baby radical feminists. I’m such a hateful hypocrite."
I would think that if you work for a lawyer, in spite of your view of them (quote: "Actually. I hate lawyers. Greedy ba$tards.") that you would know that it is often in your best interest to just shut up so that you don't convict yourself further via your own words.
Now, you are just repeating yourself. (Yawn) Buh-bye. (wave)
Well... I'm a homosexual, and I totally respect the gardener's right to refuse to work for homosexuals. I totally understand the family's objections.
To be quite honest, I'd rather not do jobs for homosexuals either.
I don't know what all the fuss is about.
Mike,
I can't thank you enough for your response. I truly wish you the best of luck and hope you achieve your goals, whatever they may be.
You, sir, are a courageous man and I commend you for your honesty and integrity.
panaxanax
Thanks Panaxanax,
There's too much hot air wasted on argueing some things. Homosexuality can infect the mind, and when a normal man or woman is infected by the homosexual rationale, all form of rational arguement goes out the window.
The homosexual agenda has a hypnotic effect on those who sucumb to it's influence.
that's possible, buy I highly doubt that once they got to the part of the conversation where he needed to clarify that his partner was a man, she could have at that point said, "Oops, we're booked solid for the next few months...Sorry!"
Even if she'd waited a few days and called to say that she was sorry, but they couldn't do the job for whatever good excuse she could come up with, Mr. Lord would have said, "Ah- HA! You're not working for me because I'm a homosexual. It says on your website! And I'm going to sue you for discrimination!!! Mwah-hahahahaha!!"
It was a set-up. They have a strong belief in doing their part to protect marriage, and it says so on their website. I can bet you they don't wait for someone to call so they can insult them.
Since when is "homosexuality" a protected class?
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