Business owners could avoid a lot of trouble if they only said the following:
“Sorry, but we’re all booked up.”
That would be good for a business that is truly booked up but for a business that isn’t and the owners are Christian, lying like that would probably bother them more than the job itself.
I believe the business owners should go ahead and take the job, do the best they can with it like they would with any customer and let these agitators know that their payment will be donated to the local Exodus International, P-FOX (Parents and Friends of EX-Gays) or any other organization (Christian or not) dedicated to helping homosexuals escape this sin. In fact, mention that on the first visit if they bring up their “proclivities”. Draw up a legally binding contract that would provide major grief if they decide to breach it.
That would probably stop a lot of these “set ups”.