The denseness and inability to comprehend English demonstrated by some posters in this thread, continues to amaze me. Simple sentences are misconstrued, their meanings twisted, distorted and misinterpreted, by the otherwise seemingly intelligent. This could only be from the influence of Lucifer, who delights in confusion and in clouding the minds of those who allow him so to do.
The following facts are simple and should be easy for all to comprehend... a baker is requested to bake a rainbow cake and to decorate it to depict a same sex couple supposedly entering into a "marriage", the baker rightly believes that by doing so he would be demonstrating approval and support for a "celebration" which he considers to be grossly immoral and against the commandment of his God. This should be his choice to make, instead he is summoned to court, fined, his business closed and his livelihood taken from him. This is how the followers of Lucifer try to force their evil immoral standards upon others in the name of "discrimination".
Repeating your anecdote, with insults, does not make it any less an anecdote. Your assertions, no matter how passionate, are not "facts".
Please take this opportunity to provide actual
evidence of:
1. A single instance of a "christian preacher" in the United States of America or its territories, possessions, or insular regions, who has been "fined and gaoled for 'discriminating' by teaching the word of God regarding homosexual activity". A link to a neutral source would be polite, and extremely useful.
2. A single example of an "adoption agency" in the United States of America or its territories, possessions, or insular regions, that has been "legally forced to close for refusing to facilitate adoption of the children in (its) care to same sex couples". Again, an actual link to a neutral source would be polite, as well as furthering the discussion.
3. A single example of a "Baker", a "shop keeper", a "provider of other wedding services", or a "providers of accommodations" in the United States of America or its territories, possessions, or insular regions, who has been "taken to court, fined, and had (their) business closed" for "refus(ing) to provide wedding cakes and rainbow cakes for same sex celebrations". Once again, as much fun as unsupported anecdotes can be, please provide a link to a neutral source.
4. A single example of a "Christian Church" (or for that matter, a church of any denomination) in the United States of America or its territories, possessions, or insular regions, upon which an attempt to "force" to "preform same sex marriages or take the consequences of refusing to do so" has been made. A link to a neutral source demonstrating such an instance would be splendid.
...why are you not up in arms about the Radical Serial Monogamist Agenda that "forces" the baker to make "divorce cakes"? Isn't divorce just as much an abomination, a violation of "eternal law" as what you so kindly and with such xianist charity call "an immoral, disgusting, abhorrent lifestyle"? Are practicing Wiccans less of an abomination?
What about the inhuman perverts who force her to produce coffee-flavored and mocha-infused muffins?
What about the baker who refuses to serve LDS, because she considers them satanic, un-xianist heretics?
What about a baker in Lubbock, TX who refuses to use her personal skills to produce a tailgate cake for *lohoma fans?
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ETA: "LUCIFER?!?" snerk