Mennonite Couple Refuses to Host Same-Sex Wedding; Files Lawsuit Against IA Civil Rights Commission

[WouldbeCentrist]

Mennonite Couple Refuses to Host Same-Sex Wedding; Files Lawsuit Against Iowa Civil Rights Commission
By Michael Gryboski
The Christian Post

A Mennonite couple that owns an art gallery in Iowa has filed suit against the state's Civil Rights Commission over being threatened with punitive action for refusing to host a same-sex wedding on their property.

Görtz Haus Gallery, a former church turned art gallery facility, filed a lawsuit Monday against the commission in Polk County District Court.

"The Odgaards welcome all customers into the Gallery, regardless of their race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, or disability," reads the suit in part...

Full article @ http://www.christianpost.com/news/mennonite-couple-refuses-to-host-same-sex-wedding-files-lawsuit-against-iowa-civil-rights-commission-106308/

[Buddha_of_Wisdom]

1. Fine. Let them go bankrupt after people refuses to come to their gallery.

Karma strikes again.

And I wouldn't suggest posting right-wing sources...

[Drale]

2. As a private establishment they have a right to host the wedding,

unless they get any money from the government, but they also should remember what happened to the bakery that refused to make a cake for a Gay couple.

[BoWanZi]

3. Whatever happened to that ignorant bakery?

nt

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Oh really? As a business providing a public service they are required to

not violate Iowa's civil rights laws.

So you are ok with a business refusing to serve African Americans? For example a lunch counter with a "whites only" policy?

[hunter]

5. "The backlash against the Odgaards was “devastating..."

I say, GOOD! Let their business be devastated. No pity from me.

Here's link from Desmoines Register:

http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2013/10/08/gortz-haus-owners-file-suit-against-iowa-civil-rights-commission/article

They got notice and they could have stopped doing weddings, gay or straight, just as soon as they learned this was a civil rights issue and they were breaking the law. Instead they deliberately CHOSE to violate the civil rights of gay couples.

[joeybee12]

6. This is a POS site you're linking to...and a biased article...

Lots of ads for Liberty University.

[WouldbeCentrist]

7. Ads?

You are basing the quality of an article not on the content of its words but because there are some Liberty University ads? How many websites do you not consider POS sites even when they have garbage ads on the side?

[joeybee12]

8. Hey sweetcheeks...look at the other comments to the POS article...

Everyone else sees it for the garbage it is, ads or no ads.

[WouldbeCentrist]

9. I think you are a little confused

First off, my name ain't sweetcheeks. And second, the other comments on this thread are criticizing one of the parties mentioned in the article, not the article itself. Minor little detail, yes?