A New York couple ordered to pay $13,000 for refusing to host a same-sex wedding at their rural farm because it conflicts with their Christian belief are reportedly ending their legal fight.
A state appeals panel ruled in January that Cynthia and Robert Gifford's refusal was unlawfully based upon sexual orientation, and the couple won't challenge the January decision, the Daily Signal reports.
"We looked at the road ahead, we saw that we had an uphill climb, and I think the Giffords wanted to get on with their lives — as committed as they are to the cause," their lawyer, James Trainor, tells the Daily Signal. "It took its toll on them as a family and a business."
The dispute began in 2012, when Cynthia Gifford, citing her Christian beliefs about marriage, refused to have the wedding of Melisa Erwin and Jennifer McCarthy at the Gifford's Liberty Ridge Farm in Schaghticoke, N.Y. north of Albany.
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So who still believes for a second that liberals /progressives/ socialists ( whatever they are called) are tolerant and believe in "diversity" .. It's tolerance "only if you agree with me" .. Are you all ready for a real totalitarian state run by those who claim to be "nice" and "tolerant"?
ReplyDeletethe govt got to them too... Must have been threatened like the ranchers in Oregon to keep quiet and shut up...
ReplyDeleteOnly in a fucked up place like america can you have any faith but Christians push forward with lawsuits and win, over dumb stuff too... Then as soon as one christian stands up and fights, its all out war on them...
I am sorry that most of you people are pussies, I am sorry you have no balls to stand and fight when your life or livelihoods are at stake... I am sorry you can't stand up for our rights which are your rights...
Well this shows that you people are not truly Christian because in the bible it says as christian's we will be persecuted and to stand fast against it and have faith... You sorry excuse for a human being fold like an accordion...
Why would you want to have your event where you are not wanted. Just move on and spend you money some place else.
ReplyDeleteThey use the legal system to ruin peoples lives so that others will cave in do to fear. Never give up.
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