Christian Farmer Barred from Michigan Market Because of Views on Gay Marriage

What does Islam, the LGBT, and the city of East Lansing have in common?

“It’s our faith that informs us [a Catholic family] how to treat all who come to our farm and the farmers market with dignity and decency … serving customers of many races, religions, cultures and those who identify with the LBGT community,”

Clearly, this is not enough for the LGBT or the city of East Lansing or come to think of it, Islam.  Do Muslim say “Our faith informs us to treat all with dignity?”

So, what do the three of these have in common?  A view of life that deconstructs western civilization and is incapable of putting anything but mayhem in its place.

Source:

    • Stephen Tennes, the owner of Country Mill Farms, has sold his fruit and vegetables at the East Lansing Farmer’s Market for the past seven years. After city officials learned of his Christian belief that marriage is the union between one man and one woman, they invoked a non-discrimination policy to exclude him from being able to sell at the farmers’ market.
    • In point of fact, the city introduced a modification to the city’s farmers market vendor agreement just this year requiring sellers to comply with East Lansing’s Human Relations Ordinance.
    • The city’s punitive action targets the farmer’s use of his own private property, 22 miles outside the city and well outside its jurisdiction. Mr. Tennes has declared that he does not discriminate against LGBT customers at the farmer’s market, and gladly sells his produce to all comers.
    • “It’s our faith that informs us how to treat all who come to our farm and the farmers market with dignity and decency … serving customers of many races, religions, cultures and those who identify with the LBGT community,” he said.
    • “Our faith and beliefs on marriage and hosting weddings at our home and in our backyard of our farm have nothing to do with the city of East Lansing,” Tennes said
    • “Steve and his farm have been singled out and excluded from full participation in the life of the community for only one reason,” said ADF counsel Kate Anderson. “Steve expressed a viewpoint the city did not like.”
    • “If the government can shut down a family farmer just because of the religious views he expresses on Facebook … then no American is free,” Anderson said.

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