Nice, very ONE-SIDED "article"...
Lindsey Douthit is a recent graduate of Baylor University and a 2005
Ronald Reagan Memorial Intern with Concerned Women for America. CWA
learned of this case through a Liberty Counsel Alert dated June 30,
2005.
Amazing that this is the only article about this -- absolutely no other
information from any other source than Lindsey Douthit. She also is not
a journalist or a reporter, and certainly not a neutral party, or an
objective observer. She is an intern at CWA, and her "article" can only
be found on CWA's website, with two other ANTI-GAY website providing
links to her story.
"RoB WAde" <rob_c_wade_1@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: Vermont Inn Sued for Resisting Same-Sex Civil Union Ceremony
:
: By Lindsey Douthit
:
: Couple with eight children doesn't want to promote homosexuality.
:
:
:
: Homosexual activists have targeted a small, family-owned inn in
Vermont
: and are threatening its owners with financial ruin if they do not
: provide planning, resources and accommodation for a same-sex civil
: union ceremony.
:
:
: Jim and Mary (full name withheld at their request), a married couple
in
: Vermont, own and live in an inn, where they raise their eight
children.
: The family also offers wedding planning services, in which they spend
: extensive time with the brides and grooms to plan receptions,
catering,
: flowers, decorations and entertainment. They recently received an
award
: for being outstanding innkeepers.
:
:
: Little did they know that one day a single phone call would turn their
: lives upside down.
:
:
: Susan Parker, a lesbian, phoned the inn to ask about holding a civil
: union reception there. Neither Jim nor Mary refused to host the event,
: but Jim explained that their Roman Catholic beliefs about marriage
: might make it difficult for him to "put his heart behind the
: project" and pour hours into the planning process. Jim never said
: "no," and even said that if the client "really desired" to hold
: the reception, then he would be willing to meet with her to discuss
: possible arrangements. Parker responded by going to the Vermont Human
: Rights Commission, which slapped Jim and Mary with discrimination
: charges.
:
:
: "This case seeks to authorize the government to become thought
: police," Matthew D. Staver, president and general counsel for Liberty
: Counsel, which is representing the couple, told Concerned Women for
: America's Culture & Family Institute. "This case also illustrates
: the radical nature of the same-sex agenda - to target a family-owned
: inn based upon one telephone call wherein the operator clearly admits
: that he could not put his heart into a same-sex civil union ceremony.
: Forget tolerance - this case is about forcing others to endorse
: same-sex unions."
:
:
: Liberty Counsel has filed a response to the charge, arguing that it
: violates the free exercise of religion and association and the right
of
: parents to direct the upbringing of their children.
:
:
: According to surveys and the San Francisco group Community Marketing,
: homosexuals on average have higher incomes and spend more on travel
: than other Americans. As such, they have become a highly courted
: tourist group, and they use this as leverage to promote their
political
: agenda. They also use lawsuits.
:
:
: "The agenda of homosexual activists is to dominate and persecute
: those who disagree with their sexual behavior," added Staver. "The
: [Vermont] case is about forcing dissenters to endorse same-sex unions.
: Whenever homosexuality is elevated to a protected status, the laws
that
: were passed under the rubric of 'tolerance' will be used as a bully
: club to force those who believe in traditional values into silence."
:
:
: A hearing date has not yet been set.
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