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		Number of careers available to Christians "is quickly shrinking as homosexuals seek opportunities to wreck the personal business and career of any Christian who declines to support the gay lifestyle." This is bad news for florists ( thedailybeast.com)		116
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FirstNationalBastard

2014-05-04 11:12:50 AM

20 votes:

Ah, the gay bogeyman.

He only hides under beds that have at least 1000 thread count sheets on them.

b0rg9

2014-05-04 01:55:20 PM

17 votes:

JoshTheTech: I wish I had a gay lifestyle, unfortunately my lifestyle is depressing.

You could, however, have a gay agenda...

gilgigamesh

2014-05-04 12:06:01 PM

16 votes:

Tell me about it. I can't even hang the "NO COLOREDS OR JEWS" sign God told me to put up without catching all kinds of hell.

I'm all persecuted. Just like Jesus.

JoieD'Zen

2014-05-04 01:55:30 PM

12 votes:

JoshTheTech: I wish I had a gay lifestyle, unfortunately my lifestyle is depressing.

Have you tried donning your gay apparel?

gilgigamesh

2014-05-04 12:15:29 PM

12 votes:

FirstNationalBastard: gilgigamesh: Tell me about it. I can't even hang the "NO COLOREDS OR JEWS" sign God told me to put up without catching all kinds of hell.

I'm all persecuted. Just like Jesus.

You could put up a NO COLORED JEWS sign, but that would be the exact day Sammy Davis, Jr. Wanted to come in Your establishment.

No freaking way man. Colored Jewish zombies are definitely banned. Just like Jesus.

JoshTheTech

2014-05-04 01:52:12 PM

11 votes:

I wish I had a gay lifestyle, unfortunately my lifestyle is depressing.

mike_d85

2014-05-04 02:36:11 PM

9 votes:

They still have options:
Construction worker
Police officer
Biker
Indian chief

AW, DAMN IT!

rzrwiresunrise

2014-05-04 02:27:59 PM

9 votes:

Xians...

fluffy2097

2014-05-04 02:03:56 PM

9 votes:

/The Gayroller is coming for you.

Baz744

2014-05-04 02:52:53 PM

8 votes:

Here's the thing that gets me about gay opponents. They're all so "up in your face" about their "disapproval" of homosexuality. They have to broadcast it everywhere they go. They put it on their bumper stickers, they wear it on their t-shirts, or they pin it to themselves on a button. They just refuse to keep their lifestyles to themselves.

I don't care if people want to disapprove of homosexuality in the privacy of their own homes. Whatever revolting things they want to do on their own time in their own place is fine.

But if you decide to flaunt your perverted gay hate everywhere you go, don't be surprised when there are consequences. Don't be surprised if employers don't want anything to do with you. Don't be surprised if your normal friends with good morals abandon you. Don't be surprised if even your own family rejects you.

Keep your gay hate in the closet where it belongs.

FirstNationalBastard

2014-05-04 12:10:04 PM

7 votes:

gilgigamesh: Tell me about it. I can't even hang the "NO COLOREDS OR JEWS" sign God told me to put up without catching all kinds of hell.

I'm all persecuted. Just like Jesus.

You could put up a NO COLORED JEWS sign, but that would be the exact day Sammy Davis, Jr. Wanted to come in Your establishment.

MrHappyRotter

2014-05-04 03:32:35 PM

6 votes:

It's very true. As a raging homosexual, I've personally destroyed several Christian businesses and I've seen to it that hundreds of Christians have lost their jobs. The problem isn't so much that we hate Christians, which we do, trust me, it's just that for every Christian business we shut down, our penis gets an inch bigger. And for every Christian we get fired, another pleasure nerve develops in our anal sphincter. You really can't compete with biology, so I'd recommend you just try to relax, and I promise I'll be gentle.

Teufelaffe

2014-05-04 01:52:57 PM

6 votes:

archichris: Read up on the tactics that the Mafia uses to extort protection money and then read up on the tactics terrorists use to change public opinion or policy.....

Then read up on the tactics the LGBT activists use against Christians.

Its a scary parallel.

You know who else.... nah never mind, you arent reading anymore anyway.

Yes, I'm absolutely sure that gay people are walking into Christian run businesses, breaking a few things, then saying "If you're not serving gays the next time I come in here, I won't be so nice."

nijika

2014-05-04 02:21:17 PM

5 votes:

HOMOWNED

ScaryBottles

2014-05-04 02:02:59 PM

5 votes:

Snarcoleptic_Hoosier

2014-05-04 02:00:03 PM

5 votes:

Now hiring amateur lion feeder. No animal experience necessary; start immediately. Generous retirement contribution after 60 days. Atheists need not apply.

Apos

2014-05-04 01:58:23 PM

5 votes:

/Oblig

ElLoco

2014-05-04 01:53:06 PM

5 votes:

ecmoRandomNumbers: FirstNationalBastard: Ah, the gay bogeyman.

He only hides under beds that have at least 1000 thread count sheets on them.

Nah. We gays know that over 600 is redundant and unnecessary. 600-count Egyptian cotton sateen is heavenly.

Yea, well you're missing out. I've got 1000-counts on my beds and wouldn't give them up. Also, I'm not gay, so that may skew my 'sheet feel' receptors.

ecmoRandomNumbers

2014-05-04 01:11:08 PM

5 votes:

FirstNationalBastard: Ah, the gay bogeyman.

He only hides under beds that have at least 1000 thread count sheets on them.

Nah. We gays know that over 600 is redundant and unnecessary. 600-count Egyptian cotton sateen is heavenly.

Loucifer

2014-05-04 03:26:03 PM

4 votes:

There are plenty of jobs for outspoken fundy christians in the containing and transporting of vinegary water industry.

paraffinshot

2014-05-04 02:36:43 PM

4 votes:

Have they tried not being Christian? It's not like they were born that way, what with their original sin and all.

sendtodave

2014-05-04 02:12:54 PM

4 votes:

phenn: Showed up on my FB feed:

Staged photo. Obviously dead babies.

Benevolent Misanthrope

2014-05-04 11:21:25 AM

4 votes:

FirstNationalBastard: Ah, the gay bogeyman.

He only hides under beds that have at least 1000 thread count sheets on them.

Oh, I seriously doubt that. I'm willing to bet good money there aren't lots of 400+ thread count sheets in double-wides.

MaudlinMutantMollusk

2014-05-04 11:08:36 AM

4 votes:

Isn't "You can't choose to limit who you sell to and then b*tch that not enough people are buying from you" in like, the first ten Laws of Acquisition?

ecmoRandomNumbers

2014-05-05 12:49:29 AM

3 votes:

Miss Alexandra: Well, for every gay that wants to purposely wreck a Christian's livelihood out of hate, there is likely at least one Christian who will be a customer.

You don't go into an occult shop and demand they stock King James Bibles. Likewise, if a Christian--obeying their conscience--doesn't want to be involved in your so-called "wedding," just find someone with no morals or make it yourself.

I think most people have the sense to know that these gays are just being hateful and spiteful. "Waaahhh...we can't get these guys to tolerate our perverted lifestyle! Let's make sure we put them out of business!"

/just disgusted right now

viscountalpha

2014-05-04 08:38:50 PM

3 votes:

Many so called christians don't do what they say. If they understood the basics of christ's teaching, this wouldn't be an issue.

Harbinger of the Doomed Rat

2014-05-04 08:38:22 PM

3 votes:

mikefinch: namegoeshere: They are in no way contributing to the sacrament of marriage. They aren't marrying the couple. There is no cake in a wedding ceremony. They're baking a cake for the party after the ceremony. They're baking the same cake they bake for every other couple. They are specifically denying that same cake to the gay couple. And again, it has fark all to do with your kosher deli example.

Lets say i hunt allot and i have a great picture of myself stabbing a deer in the face... And i take it in to a framing shop owned by a PETA ultravegan... and the guy politely tells me he cant open his business towards something he feels glorifies killing animals... Its against his values...

Is he a bigot?

Yes, but all vegans and PETA members are.

Rigger1955

2014-05-04 05:14:25 PM

3 votes:

You sound fat.

ScaryBottles

2014-05-04 05:14:24 PM

3 votes:

Holy crap I had heard you existed but I thought it was just a myth! You're the Geocentrist housewife!

http://www.genesis-creation-proof.com/geocentricity.html

groppet

2014-05-04 03:27:32 PM

3 votes:

I dont care if you are christian or gay just go to work and do your damn job. And no I dont want to know about your personal life. So far this year at work I've been given 3 cards by christians to go to their church. None of the gay people have tried to convert me. Guess I dont dress that well.

Mister Peejay

2014-05-04 02:26:45 PM

3 votes:

Kuta: b0rg9:

You could, however, have a gay agenda...

Dayum! It only takes 15 minutes to break up a heterosexual man-woman marriage?!

Nuclear family is under attack!!

Have you SEEN the divorce rate? That 15 minutes probably includes a stop for a lowfat half-caf. It's like toppling a game of Jenga being played on a ship in a storm.

ciberido

2014-05-04 02:09:35 PM

3 votes:

clancifer: Notabunny: fta Anyone "who has authority of the sword, is the ruler of a city, or wears the purple" has to resign his job or leave.

Aaaaand then they decapitated his whole family. You don't want to say 'no' to people who have authority of the sword. Just ask Vince Foster and Chris Stevens.

I'm not asking any zombies.

I asked a bunch of zombies once. They were pretty cryptic with their answer: "No one ever spoke to Noah.They all laughed at him instead. Working on his ark, working all by himself." Useless, so I told them to hide their faces.

BMFPitt

2014-05-04 01:59:19 PM

3 votes:

Biology is right out.

JoieD'Zen

2014-05-04 11:08:42 AM

3 votes:

If they kept their opinions to themselves and focused on running a business they wouldn't have a problem? Crazy idea.

jake_lex

2014-05-04 10:43:48 AM

3 votes:

I love how right-wingers are all about "GUBBMIT SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE FREE MARKET" until the free market tells someone it has a problem with them being a bigot.

hubiestubert

2014-05-04 10:43:06 AM

3 votes:

It's not limiting the career options of Christians, but limiting the career options for asshats.

You want to be a bigot and an asshat, who limits their market by excluding a fair amount of the population, yeah, you're looking at cutting your own damn throat, and it's self selecting your own career demise. That's freedom, baby.

namegoeshere

2014-05-04 08:50:46 PM

2 votes:

Also, if you were hunting allot, why were you stabbing deer?

Bertuccio

2014-05-04 08:35:08 PM

2 votes:

namegoeshere: ricbach229: notto: ricbach229: ]

The guy pushed out at Mozilla was fired for donating to a prop 8 support group that had their donor list illegally released.

This is absolutely untrue and you are spreading a lie. The donor list was legally released by the California Secretary of state as mandated by law. Quit spreading lies.

Thanks for being an asshole while calling me a liar over a mistake. I didn't realize California had a $100 threshold for disclosure of donations to non politicians.

I notice you didn't correct me on the private phone call Stirlings had or the bakers case where they are essentially a kosher deli being forced to serve an unkosher cake.

Please explain this. What makes a kosher deli kosher is not their refusal to serve a particular customer. It is the list of ingredients that they do not use in their food. What ingredient is included in Gay Cake that is forbidden in Christian cake? Because that would be the only way the two situations would be at all the same.

Gay ingredients... Cumin?

Maybe someone else can do better.

cchris_39

2014-05-04 07:47:34 PM

2 votes:

cameroncrazy1984: Since I'm on mobile I won't quote that wall of text but allow me to say that this is the first thread any of us have seen you post in, and it's very convenient for you to pretend to be gay to bolster your argument that you are non-partisan.

If we could get the mobile to not make us quote the whole wall every time I will personally bake a cake for a gay wedding.

Kittypie070

2014-05-04 05:28:58 PM

2 votes:

wait for it, waaaiiiit for it.....

cchris_39

2014-05-04 04:22:26 PM

2 votes:

Now substitute kosher deli and ham sandwiches with pharmacy and morning after pills.

ciberido

2014-05-04 04:20:02 PM

2 votes:

cherryl taggart: I just want some help getting my lily white kids to understand they simply cannot utter some words. I don't care that every rapper sings it right out loud, you can't call women sluts, biatches, hoes, coonts, and you can't call other people names they use in their conversations. I know it's a form of teenage rebellion (you can't make me listen to your music, Mom),

I thought it was more about being edgy and daring and non-conformist, but yeah. The more you ask them to not use the words, the more self-righteous they get about defying your wishes. It's extremely frustrating, especially when they play the "you're too old to understand how the world works anymore" card --- which is pretty much every time you ask them to stop doing something they don't want to stop doing.

gaslight

2014-05-04 03:48:47 PM

2 votes:

DreamyAltarBoy:
Because sometimes the "invisible hand" of the free market has to slap a biatch.

Or in this case, give it a reach-around.

ciberido

2014-05-04 03:43:17 PM

2 votes:

DrBenway: archichris: Read up on the tactics that the Mafia uses to extort protection money and then read up on the tactics terrorists use to change public opinion or policy.....

Then read up on the tactics the LGBT activists use against Christians.

Its a scary parallel.

You know who else.... nah never mind, you arent reading anymore anyway.

When you go immediately to "GAY MAFIA!!!" territory, no, I reckon not.

Everyone knows it's not the Gay Mafia you have to worry about, anyway. It's the Gay Bandidos (nsfw) who destroy American families.

Rindred

2014-05-04 03:08:57 PM

2 votes:

gaslight: Bigots should go back to where they came from.

The gay bar they sneak into after 10PM?

Kittypie070

2014-05-04 02:46:52 PM

2 votes:

jjorsett: but it's my divine right as stated in the Constitution to be a lout and a bigot, and to deliberately insult people at any time and for any reason!! Only I have rights, it says so in the Bible! How dare anyone oppress me!

Kittypie070

2014-05-04 02:30:52 PM

2 votes:

Oh good. The plan is working.

/eleventy *smirk*

Mister Peejay

2014-05-04 02:24:20 PM

2 votes:

The Lone Gunman: So, let me get this straight...We don't want to serve gay people, so gay people are taking their business elsewhere and that's not fair.

That can't be right. Seriously, it can't be.

That sounds about right. What would be fair would be if the gay people would just stop being gay so that they can spend their money there. That way everyone is happy.

I think. It's hard to get into that mindset.

hardinparamedic

2014-05-04 02:18:13 PM

2 votes:

b0rg9: JoshTheTech: I wish I had a gay lifestyle, unfortunately my lifestyle is depressing.

You could, however, have a gay agenda...

[pbs.twimg.com image 432x574]

Lesbians are the good gays in the eyes of the Anti-Homo crowd. They make the porn they admit to looking at.

Gyrfalcon

2014-05-04 02:09:09 PM

2 votes:

Look, the Free Speech Commandment says a person should be able to be a religious bigot and exclude anyone they want, and people who don't like it should still do business with them because it's his right to be a bigot and not to be judged for it.

It's the American way.

Fark like a Barsoomian

2014-05-04 02:08:25 PM

2 votes:

According to the church manual, if a person teaches "young children" then "it is good indeed for him to cease. " As the Rev. Maxwell Johnson, Professor of Liturgical Studies at the University of Notre Dame, points out in his commentary on the text, the problem seems to be that schoolteachers would have to teach classical literature about pagan gods and festivals.

Because teaching children about pagan gods and festivals is the church's job.

wellreadneck

2014-05-04 02:06:11 PM

2 votes:

Thanks to Johnny Weir, they could soon be adding milliners to that list.

TheManofPA

2014-05-04 02:05:45 PM

2 votes:

JoshTheTech: I wish I had a gay lifestyle, unfortunately my lifestyle is depressing.

You start dressing like this and things will improve

Kuta

2014-05-04 02:04:54 PM

2 votes:

b0rg9:

You could, however, have a gay agenda...

Dayum! It only takes 15 minutes to break up a heterosexual man-woman marriage?!

Nuclear family is under attack!!

The Lone Gunman

2014-05-04 02:04:14 PM

2 votes:

So, let me get this straight...We don't want to serve gay people, so gay people are taking their business elsewhere and that's not fair.

That can't be right. Seriously, it can't be.

Because People in power are Stupid

2014-05-04 02:03:40 PM

2 votes:

Candida Moss sounds like a pseudonym for two fun guys.

433

2014-05-04 02:02:17 PM

2 votes:

b0rg9: JoshTheTech: I wish I had a gay lifestyle, unfortunately my lifestyle is depressing.

You could, however, have a gay agenda...

[pbs.twimg.com image 432x574]

There was one circulating around inboxes about fifteen years ago, titled "The Homosexual Agenda." There was a fifteen minute entry, 6:45 - 7:00 - be fabulous! It cracked me up then, and thinking about it now, I'm grinning.

TheHighlandHowler

2014-05-04 01:55:14 PM

2 votes:

Meh. If you want to limit yourself to ChickFillet or HobbyLobby, be my guest. (Sorry about the spelling-never been to either.)

hardinparamedic

2014-05-04 01:52:57 PM

2 votes:

this... This is a Poe right?

Rigby-Reardon

2014-05-04 01:45:51 PM

2 votes:

FirstNationalBastard: Ah, the gay bogeyman.

He only hides under beds that have at least 1000 thread count sheets on them.

You forgot about the one who like it rough. They are under the 100 thread count walmart sheets.

archichris

2014-05-04 01:45:07 PM

2 votes:

Read up on the tactics that the Mafia uses to extort protection money and then read up on the tactics terrorists use to change public opinion or policy.....

Then read up on the tactics the LGBT activists use against Christians.

Its a scary parallel.

You know who else.... nah never mind, you arent reading anymore anyway.

Notabunny

2014-05-04 12:29:04 PM

2 votes:

fta Anyone "who has authority of the sword, is the ruler of a city, or wears the purple" has to resign his job or leave.

Aaaaand then they decapitated his whole family. You don't want to say 'no' to people who have authority of the sword. Just ask Vince Foster and Chris Stevens.

Harbinger of the Doomed Rat

2014-05-05 08:56:09 AM

1 vote:

fluffy2097: Harbinger of the Doomed Rat: You're part of a ~2,000 year-old death cult that believes an infant can be damned to an eternity of torment based on the behavior of its parents. I really don't think you have any place being disgusted by pretty much anything gay people do.

unbaptized babies actually go to limbo, not hell.

As a native once said to a missionary. "If I didn't know of God, would I go to hell?" "Of course not, you didn't know." "then why did you tell me about him?"

That's even worse. Babies can't even walk, so how are they going to limbo? And being forced to listen to that music for eternity? *shudder*

Harbinger of the Doomed Rat

2014-05-05 08:28:59 AM

1 vote:

You're part of a ~2,000 year-old death cult that believes an infant can be damned to an eternity of torment based on the behavior of its parents. I really don't think you have any place being disgusted by pretty much anything gay people do.

Bob Robert

2014-05-05 02:34:56 AM

1 vote:

noitsnot: It's weird that people think they have a right to enter any business. Of course they don't.

So... you think you have a right as a business owner to discriminate against your customers? Are you going to have one of the Fark Independents with a GED in law defend you in court?

fredbox

2014-05-05 12:16:33 AM

1 vote:

I'm against marriage, and I don't live anywhere near a Chik-Fil-A. I'm persecuting you twice as hard.

Though if I owned an occult shop, I would totally sell bibles.

Ruiizu

2014-05-04 10:23:03 PM

1 vote:

One thing listed in that article is definitely true: being a soldier is an unfit profession for a real "Christian." What part of loving your enemies and treating people how you want to be treated was unclear in the Bible? But ah, I guess we can just totally ignore crucial parts of a religion and just make up whatever to justify being a douchebag.

/so much for love thy enemy

ciberido

2014-05-04 09:29:06 PM

1 vote:

ricbach229: The cake is a part of the celebration of the blessing. Hell, I've got an uncle-in-law that wouldn't visit my house because my wife and I weren't married yet and were living together. After the marriage he talked to his priest about if it was appropriate because she is Catholic and we didn't have a Catholic service (outdoors in fact) so it wasn't recognized by the Church. I think he's visited once and he said the prayers before we ate. I can easily believe a person of conscience could have a strong religious desire not to contribute any type of blessing on a service that violates the tenets of their church.

Sure, people believe all sorts of stupid crap. That doesn't mean we should applaud them for it.

As often happens, H.L. Mencken said it best: "We must respect the other fellow's religion but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."

gaspode

2014-05-04 08:58:31 PM

1 vote:

Your picture is not a person. If he refused to frame a picture for you because of who you are then that might be similar. A baker can say he wont bake fruitcake.

namegoeshere

2014-05-04 08:56:39 PM

1 vote:

Warning: GIS for "gay camo" did not go so well...

Bertuccio

2014-05-04 08:19:55 PM

1 vote:

ScaryBottles: Miss Alexandra: Well, for every gay that wants to purposely wreck a Christian's livelihood out of hate, there is likely at least one Christian who will be a customer.

You don't go into an occult shop and demand they stock King James Bibles. Likewise, if a Christian--obeying their conscience--doesn't want to be involved in your so-called "wedding," just find someone with no morals or make it yourself.

I think most people have the sense to know that these gays are just being hateful and spiteful. "Waaahhh...we can't get these guys to tolerate our perverted lifestyle! Let's make sure we put them out of business!"

/just disgusted right now

Holy crap I had heard you existed but I thought it was just a myth! You're the Geocentrist housewife!

http://www.genesis-creation-proof.com/geocentricity.html

Holy crap. That site is so farking stupid you could use it as a textbook on the Poe principle.

radarlove

2014-05-04 08:14:30 PM

1 vote:

Fark.com: Like /b/, but for old people!

umad

2014-05-04 07:15:15 PM

1 vote:

Kittypie070: I never grasped how wishing to get married was "NO MORALS!" anyway.

I guess these Christians prefer "living in sin" as they call it, since they actually don't want people to get married.

Nobody should want to get married¹. It is a terrible financial decision.

¹everybody should have the right to get married if they want to though^2
2making this clear because a certain drooling idiot in this thread will inevitably accuse me of being against gay rights

Teufelaffe

2014-05-04 07:13:37 PM

1 vote:

cameroncrazy1984: The cake has no significance in the wedding. It's part of the reception.

The cake is as much a part of the "sacrament" as the band.

namegoeshere

2014-05-04 07:08:45 PM

1 vote:

No one will ever hold a gun to their heads and force them to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. They are free to refuse - if they are willing to deal with the consequences of their actions. Refusing the cake to a gay couple is negatively impacting their business. If they are going to refuse the cake, they need to accept the consequences of that refusal.

I have to wonder, though, if they would refuse the same cake to the couple previously married and divorced, the atheist couple, the couple with kids outside of the marriage, the couple wearing mixed fabrics and serving lobster at the reception, ect, or is it just the gay couple who violates their code.

notto

2014-05-04 07:02:12 PM

1 vote:

ricbach229:

Hell, I've got an uncle-in-law that wouldn't visit my house because my wife and I weren't married yet and were living together.

So, by your logic, your mortgage was a 'sinful' one and the bank would have the right to refuse to finance your house or foreclose once they found out about it if it was against the bank owners religious views.

Is that your argument?

Kittypie070

2014-05-04 07:00:56 PM

1 vote:

Fafai: Please tell me what debate I lost.

All of them.

notto

2014-05-04 06:05:30 PM

1 vote:

And then read public accommodation laws so you don't sound like an idiot.

Bob Robert

2014-05-04 06:03:58 PM

1 vote:

Waldo Pepper: Why does it seem that those who are pushing for diversity and acceptance have such a hard time tolerating diversity and acceptance of those who disagree with them?

Why are you not tolerant and accepting of my bigotry and campaigning to limit your rights? You are really the true bigot!

BitwiseShift

2014-05-04 05:44:45 PM

1 vote:

There really ought to be a website that monetizes these trolltastic articles.

Where does "poor christians are victimized by the gays" fit on the scale of filling a paid pundit deadline, say against "Girls having sex before marriage cause Force 5 tornados?" A how big is the grab bag of "I can't submit anything today, so what's a good troll piece? Where's my playbook from Pat Robertson's university media degree?"

Fafai

2014-05-04 05:28:42 PM

1 vote:

TV's Vinnie: Makes you wonder if the motive for these "christians" to run a business isn't necessarily to run a business, but to use it as an excuse to convert people. And they know that gays have a +5 Resistance to Jeebus Conversion, so what's the point of dealing with them then?

No it's because the sin of being gay is EXTRA terrible because of projection. They hate it in themselves. they can forgive thieves and adulterers easily, but gays? That hits too close to home. To accept them would be one step closer to falling into sin themselves.

Kittypie070

2014-05-04 05:22:59 PM

1 vote:

gay that wants to purposely wreck a Christian's livelihood

so-called "wedding," no morals

gays are just being hateful and spiteful

perverted lifestyle

By God I have absolutely never heard these phrases before in my entire life. Ever.
I am stunned by your earth shattering originality.

TV's Vinnie

2014-05-04 05:22:33 PM

1 vote:

Makes you wonder if the motive for these "christians" to run a business isn't necessarily to run a business, but to use it as an excuse to convert people. And they know that gays have a +5 Resistance to Jeebus Conversion, so what's the point of dealing with them then?

namegoeshere

2014-05-04 05:19:08 PM

1 vote:

This attitude right here is the opposite of Christ-like. Baby Jesus weeps with shame over your hate.

Also, how can the Meany-pants Gay People possibly put Good Christian Persecuted People out of business if, as you say, for every one who tries, there is at least one Christian to step up and fill the void?

acohn

2014-05-04 05:15:07 PM

1 vote:

Bob Robert

2014-05-04 05:14:55 PM

1 vote:

These gays are being so hateful and spiteful after I try and restrict their basic rights. How dare they be so uppity?

Miss Alexandra

2014-05-04 05:03:58 PM

1 vote:

Well, for every gay that wants to purposely wreck a Christian's livelihood out of hate, there is likely at least one Christian who will be a customer.

You don't go into an occult shop and demand they stock King James Bibles. Likewise, if a Christian--obeying their conscience--doesn't want to be involved in your so-called "wedding," just find someone with no morals or make it yourself.

I think most people have the sense to know that these gays are just being hateful and spiteful. "Waaahhh...we can't get these guys to tolerate our perverted lifestyle! Let's make sure we put them out of business!"

/just disgusted right now

Begoggle

2014-05-04 04:56:36 PM

1 vote:

Christianity, the so-called "religion of peace and compassion" strikes again.

Bob Robert

2014-05-04 04:53:38 PM

1 vote:

cchris_39: Eh, let's sit back and see how many rationalize treating the pharmacist differently.

Are you trying to say that Democrats wouldn't care if a pharmacists refuses to issue morning after pills? Or a Jewish deli refuses to serve non kosher sandwiches? I have yet to find one conservative troll and their numerous alts actually making sense today. This is single A ball trolling.

ciberido

2014-05-04 04:48:52 PM

1 vote:

cchris_39: ciberido: cchris_39: Should kosher deli's be forced to sell me a ham sandwich?

If they're selling ham sandwiches to other people, then yes, they should. Is that the hypothetical situation you were thinking of?

I would agree that he should sell whatever he stocks to all comers but should not have to keep ham sandwiches in inventory just because a lot of people love ham sandwiches.

I'm still trying to figure out what parallel universe we're talking about. Is this the one where doctors prescribe sandwiches to treat medical conditions, operating a deli requires a "butcher's license," and part of getting a butcher's license involves swearing to make any sandwich for which the customer has a prescription?

Because I would think in such a universe there could not legally be any such thing as a "kosher deli."

StreetlightInTheGhetto

2014-05-04 04:44:23 PM

1 vote:

gilgigamesh: FirstNationalBastard: gilgigamesh: Tell me about it. I can't even hang the "NO COLOREDS OR JEWS" sign God told me to put up without catching all kinds of hell.

I'm all persecuted. Just like Jesus.

You could put up a NO COLORED JEWS sign, but that would be the exact day Sammy Davis, Jr. Wanted to come in Your establishment.

No freaking way man. Colored Jewish zombies are definitely banned. Just like Jesus.

I needed that laugh. Thanks!

Bob Robert

2014-05-04 04:43:34 PM

1 vote:

Waldo Pepper: Bob Robert: Waldo Pepper: A Christian should be known by their actions especially in the business world. Taking care of all customers is the mark of a good Christian business.

What happen to judging a business of the quality and fairness of their product/service and not their beliefs.

When Christians decided they were going to preach morality onto the rest of society and vote for discriminating laws.

it's not just Christians. Those who won't eat at Chick-fil-a because of the owners beliefs and yet by all accounts the stores treat their employees well and they provide excellent service to their customers. Better than average for their industry.

I'm sure there other examples besides Chick-fil-a but it is the easiest to use.

maybe i'm too naive on this issue. Do you have the product/service i want or need and will you provide it a a fair price. Yes.good I'll buy, no okay I'll keep looking.

Making a decision not to give money to a business that donates to discrimination causes is just as bad as voting in legislation that restricts someones rights? You are not naive, you are just dumb.

Kittypie070

2014-05-04 04:21:54 PM

1 vote:

Dick Eating Dick Bag of Dick Eaters

Would make a great if unwieldy name for a band composed of Richard Nixon lookalikes.

cchris_39

2014-05-04 04:18:54 PM

1 vote:

ciberido: cchris_39: Should kosher deli's be forced to sell me a ham sandwich?

If they're selling ham sandwiches to other people, then yes, they should. Is that the hypothetical situation you were thinking of?

I would agree that he should sell whatever he stocks to all comers but should not have to keep ham sandwiches in inventory just because a lot of people love ham sandwiches.

HairyNevus

2014-05-04 03:51:05 PM

1 vote:

groppet: I dont care if you are christian or gay just go to work and do your damn job. And no I dont want to know about your personal life. .

Yuuup. I've had dozens of gay coworkers, and dozens more straight and/or christian. All I ever gave a shiat about was if someone could do their job without dying or annoying me.

jaerik

2014-05-04 03:48:03 PM

1 vote:

A lot of Christians used to support racism and segregation based off Biblical beliefs too. (Curse of Ham and all that.) Same argument -- "by not letting us be racist you're going to wipe us out."

In other words: they'll get over it, and then pretend it never happened.

Forty-Two

2014-05-04 03:10:35 PM

1 vote:

ScaryBottles: Por que tan serioso: Thats it right there. Activists. Someone up thread was saying something bla bla bla "fair amount of the population" bla bla bla. LGBT are not even close. Tiny minority. But the way people talk its seems like 50/50 at this point.

Because the only people who care about marriage equality are LGBTs. See Einstein this is why everyone thinks you guys are bigoted pieces of shiat. But really really terrible try.

Exactly. I'm a heterosexual woman. I'm married to a heterosexual man. We have a baby, and we plan to make another. Hey, we're even white (Dutch and Irish genes make for very pale babies). And you know what? I support marriage equality. I voted against Prop 8, and I have no plans to eat at Chik-Fil-A.

Yes, I have gay friends (including two who just got married, with Latrice Royale officiating!), but it shouldn't even matterthat it affects people close to me. I support homosexual marriage because I'm human and believe in equality under the law.

So, no. It's not a tiny minority of activists who these businesses are alienating. It's people like me, as well.

DreamyAltarBoy

2014-05-04 03:02:43 PM

1 vote:

TV's Vinnie: hubiestubert: It's not limiting the career options of Christians, but limiting the career options for asshats.

You want to be a bigot and an asshat, who limits their market by excluding a fair amount of the population, yeah, you're looking at cutting your own damn throat, and it's self selecting your own career demise. That's freedom, baby.

THIS!

Because sometimes the "invisible hand" of the free market has to slap a biatch.

Stephen_Falken: Number of careers available to Christians Americans "is quickly shrinking as homosexuals Mexicans seek opportunities to wreck the personal business and career of any Christian American who declines to support the gay illegal immigrant lifestyle." This is bad good news for florists landscape companies

Nice fungibility test.

Uncle Tractor

2014-05-04 02:53:56 PM

1 vote:

XPNs, truly my heart bleeds for you ...

Stephen_Falken

2014-05-04 02:51:35 PM

1 vote:

Number of careers available to ~~Christians~~ Americans "is quickly shrinking as ~~homosexuals~~ Mexicans seek opportunities to wreck the personal business and career of any ~~Christian~~ American who declines to support the ~~gay~~ illegal immigrant lifestyle." This is ~~bad~~ good news for ~~florists~~ landscape companies

DrBenway

2014-05-04 02:49:31 PM

1 vote:

When you go immediately to "GAY MAFIA!!!" territory, no, I reckon not.

rev. dave

2014-05-04 02:41:54 PM

1 vote:

They completely missed bankers.
Leviticus 25:37 - Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

ScaryBottles

2014-05-04 02:38:37 PM

1 vote:

jjorsett: hubiestubert: It's not limiting the career options of Christians, but limiting the career options for asshats.

You want to be a bigot and an asshat, who limits their market by excluding a fair amount of the population, yeah, you're looking at cutting your own damn throat, and it's self selecting your own career demise. That's freedom, baby.

How about, oh say, donating money to support support traditional marriage, gun ownership, school vouchers, anti-minimum-wage, or any of the other left-wing bêtes noires? Should such people be hounded out of careers because only asshats support such things? And if some group on the opposite side of the political spectrum feels the supporters of climate change legislation should be removed from the public square and their high-profile jobs, is that okay with you? Is the modern equivalent of witch-burning what you want as the new paradigm?

Dude you are like the all time world champion of butthurt whinging. There is no outrage large or small that doesn't inspire you to turn on the water works. Bravo.....

grimnir

2014-05-04 02:31:12 PM

1 vote:

I think it's more like "We don't want to serve gay people, and gay people taking their business elsewhere is fine with us. But people who don't agree with us that gays should be discriminated against are also taking their business elsewhere, and there are so many of them that it is actually hurting our business, and that's not fair." I think what really gets their goats is that so many non-gay people disagree with their beliefs about how to treat gay people and are willing to act on that disagreement. They can't comprehend that non-gay people could stand up for the fair treatment of gay people without somehow being coerced into it by a gay mafia with a gay agenda.

Or, for the short version, "We aren't the majority we thought we were, and that's not fair" with a side helping of "we are entitled to other people's money".

ScaryBottles

2014-05-04 02:28:09 PM

1 vote:

Por que tan serioso: archichris: Read up on the tactics that the Mafia uses to extort protection money and then read up on the tactics terrorists use to change public opinion or policy.....

Then read up on the tactics the LGBT activists use against Christians.

Its a scary parallel.

You know who else.... nah never mind, you arent reading anymore anyway.

Thats it right there. Activists. Someone up thread was saying something bla bla bla "fair amount of the population" bla bla bla. LGBT are not even close. Tiny minority. But the way people talk its seems like 50/50 at this point.

Because the only people who care about marriage equality are LGBTs. See Einstein this is why everyone thinks you guys are bigoted pieces of shiat. But really really terrible try.

jjorsett

2014-05-04 02:26:28 PM

1 vote:

hubiestubert: It's not limiting the career options of Christians, but limiting the career options for asshats.

You want to be a bigot and an asshat, who limits their market by excluding a fair amount of the population, yeah, you're looking at cutting your own damn throat, and it's self selecting your own career demise. That's freedom, baby.

How about, oh say, donating money to support support traditional marriage, gun ownership, school vouchers, anti-minimum-wage, or any of the other left-wing bêtes noires? Should such people be hounded out of careers because only asshats support such things? And if some group on the opposite side of the political spectrum feels the supporters of climate change legislation should be removed from the public square and their high-profile jobs, is that okay with you? Is the modern equivalent of witch-burning what you want as the new paradigm?

Skirl Hutsenreiter

2014-05-04 02:19:14 PM

1 vote:

ElLoco: ecmoRandomNumbers: FirstNationalBastard: Ah, the gay bogeyman.

He only hides under beds that have at least 1000 thread count sheets on them.

Nah. We gays know that over 600 is redundant and unnecessary. 600-count Egyptian cotton sateen is heavenly.

Yea, well you're missing out. I've got 1000-counts on my beds and wouldn't give them up. Also, I'm not gay, so that may skew my 'sheet feel' receptors.

Eh. I realized a few years ago that I actually prefer crisp sheets to satiny soft ones, so I don't go over 300 any more. It can be kinda hard to find good construction in that range, though.

golden goat

2014-05-04 02:12:29 PM

1 vote:

I guess this makes sense, as there are not many other qualities the GOP can appeal to with its base, other than they being nearly all WHITE (so talk about race) and nearly all CHRISTIAN (so talk about fake religious persecution).

Just ignore all the other Democratic/independent white christians everywhere else, they'll ignore your nonsense.

sendtodave

2014-05-04 02:10:09 PM

1 vote:

jake_lex: I love how right-wingers are all about "GUBBMIT SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE FREE MARKET" until the free market tells someone it has a problem with them being a bigot.

No, no, that's just the patriarchal government pushing the gay agenda. The free market has no problem with bigotry, because the people have no problem with bigotry.

Real Americans know this.

gottagopee

2014-05-04 02:03:36 PM

1 vote:

Benevolent Misanthrope: FirstNationalBastard: Ah, the gay bogeyman.

He only hides under beds that have at least 1000 thread count sheets on them.

Oh, I seriously doubt that. I'm willing to bet good money there aren't lots of 400+ thread count sheets in double-wides

Nah, you're thinking of closets. Of those sorts there are uncountable numbers.

gaslight

2014-05-04 02:03:06 PM

1 vote:

Bigots should go back to where they came from.

mafiageek1980

2014-05-04 01:53:30 PM

1 vote:

jake_lex: I love how right-wingers are all about "GUBBMIT SHOULD STAY OUT OF THE FREE MARKET" until the free market tells someone it has a problem with them being a bigot.

THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS! THIS!!

Bob Robert

2014-05-04 01:49:36 PM

1 vote:

The majority is going crazy when they think they get treated like how they have treated minorities in the past. The irony is overflowing with deliciousness.

vpb

2014-05-04 12:09:51 PM

1 vote:

Considering how they tried to wreck the personal business and careers of gays and everyone else on the long list of people they hate, I wouldn't have a problem with that even if it were true.

dr_blasto

2014-05-04 11:04:50 AM

1 vote:

Subby's blog was poorly written and subby should feel bad.

That said, hypocrisy isn't exactly new or anything. Hell we have the modern religious freedom movement complaining that the act of making abuse of gays illegal is actually impeding their freedom and that businesses have religious values that are important now that obamacare is law, because they dontnwant employees to pay for insurance to cover their slut pills.

Benevolent Misanthrope

2014-05-04 10:51:07 AM

1 vote:

Yeah, what THEY^^^ said.

These assholes are all "free market capitalists", until the free market curb stomps them. Then they demand protection.

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