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Business can't sell blueberries unless it affirms gay marriage
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:43 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:43 pm
Even though their farm/wedding chapel is in a completely different jurisdiction from the market where they have sold blueberries for years (not that it should matter):
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Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:45 pm to Quidam65
So ridiculous.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:46 pm to Quidam65
Is there a separate entity that controls certain rules and specifics of who can be a vendor or part of the farmers market? Surely they aren't telling them they can't sell to anyone privately
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:48 pm to Quidam65
Are the required to harvest and sell gay blueberries too?
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:48 pm to Quidam65
I wholeheartedly disagree with the City banning a business over something completely legal, but the fact that the farm is not within the city is pretty irrelevant. Not sure why that point was brought up.
Also, the headline to this thread is incredibly misleading/click bait. The business can sell their blueberries, just not at the City's FM.
Also, the headline to this thread is incredibly misleading/click bait. The business can sell their blueberries, just not at the City's FM.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:51 pm to Quidam65
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"It was brought to our attention that The Country Mill's general business practices do not comply with East Lansing's Civil Rights ordinances and public policy against discrimination as set forth in Chapter 22 of the City Code and outlined in the 2017 Market Vendor Guidelines, as such, The Country Mill's presence as a vendor his prohibited by the City's Farmer's Market Vendor Guidelines," read a letter the city sent to the family.
Local government made a rule. They aren't following it so they can't use the farmers market to sell their produce. They can choose to follow the rule or sell their produce elsewhere. If you don't like the local ordinances that your city creates, you can fight to have them changed or move to a place that does things differently.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:52 pm to Quidam65
This is not a hard work around. Just say you believe in it and mock them in private like the rest of us.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:53 pm to Clyde Tipton
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This is not a hard work around. Just say you believe in it and mock them in private like the rest of us.
If they are devout Catholics, the idea of lying about your beliefs in order to succeed materially is kind of a no-no.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:55 pm to Salmon
quote:Because that is where the "violations" of the city ordinance are occurring. There is nothing right about this.
but the fact that the farm is not within the city is pretty irrelevant. Not sure why that point was brought up.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:57 pm to AggieDub14
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Local government made a rule. They aren't following it so they can't use the farmers market to sell their produce. They can choose to follow the rule or sell their produce elsewhere. If you don't like the local ordinances that your city creates, you can fight to have them changed or move to a place that does things differently.
Actually, the farm decided to not host ANY weddings after the incident took place, which was 2 years ago.
So not only are they not hosting gay weddings, they don't host hetero weddings either.
Basically the city is punishing them for something that happened 2 years ago.
The city is going to lose this.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:58 pm to AlxTgr
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Because that is where the "violations" of the city ordinance are occurring. There is nothing right about this.
What about the Vendor Guidelines? They are vendors.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 1:59 pm to Salmon
Where did it say they aren't hosting any weddings anymore? If that's true then I'd agree with you.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:01 pm to AggieDub14
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I was wrong. He initially stopped hosting weddings, but then they decided to start back again, thus the City's ruling.
I was wrong. He initially stopped hosting weddings, but then they decided to start back again, thus the City's ruling.
This post was edited on 6/1/17 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:02 pm to Salmon
Smart move by them. You can't call something descrimination if you just stop completely.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:06 pm to AggieDub14
See edit. I was wrong. They started hosting weddings again.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:06 pm to Quidam65
Liberals are fast becoming the Facists of modern times.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:07 pm to Salmon
Oh...yeah then they are breaking the ordinance. Sell your hate veggies elsewhere.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:07 pm to ABearsFanNMS
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Liberals are fast becoming the Facists of modern times.
FWIW, the ordinance in which the City is referencing was passed in 1972. It was one of the first to make gays a protected class.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:08 pm to ABearsFanNMS
Fascism is basically right wing communism. Learn your definitions of words.
Posted on 6/1/17 at 2:09 pm to Quidam65
Meanwhile, the ACLU is trying to prevent FGM from being prohibited by law in Maine. What a clown world
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