I've been doing my weekly round-the-blog circuit of blogs I don't read everyday and have come across a very good posting at Sick-N-Tired about the recent case in which a lesbian sued a photographer in New Mexico because the photog wouldn't photograph the lesbian's wedding because of the photog's religious values.Now before everyone starts jumping up and down and yelling for joy and "Right On Sista" because the lesbian won against "one of them", let's take a moment to reflect shall we.
Let's suppose someone came to a gay or lesbian business owner, let's say a florist (oh puleze, enough of the stereotyping) and that someone is locally known as an ardent local supporter of NOM, has spoken out locally against same-sex marriage, and makes it known far and wide within the community she finds homosexuals repugnant.
So this person goes to this florist shop which has the reputation of being the best in town when it comes to weddings, and she has no idea that the business is owned by a gay man. Before you roll your eyes, it could happen, he might own several shops in different towns, he may not be "out", he may not be the "stereotypical" type.
In any case, the woman comes in, the sales clerk goes through all the work to get a contract to do the wedding, deposit is made and off the woman goes and then the owner finds out, calls the woman says he won't do this wedding because of her anti-gay views.
Make it even simpler, he's behind the counter when she comes in and he tells her right then and there he won't do the wedding because of her anti-gay views.
Are ya seeing where I'm going with this ?
So go ahead, jump up and down, celebrate "one for our side", but remember the old saying, what's good for the goose is good for the gander.
1 comments:
Here's the problem I have with your interpretation of this event: Jon & Elaine Huguenin have appeared in numerous anti-gay causes (Yes On 8 webcasts for example) to the delight of Maggie Gallagher, Jim Garlow, Matt Barber, Focus On The Family, AFTAH. and hundreds of other anti-gay activists and bloggers. In fact, it was them who hired the Alliance Defense Fund... so the notion that these were poor christian photographers being bullied by militant lesbians is implausible.
The day ADF was hired was the day this stopped being about photographing a wedding and $7,000 dollars.
On the other hand, if the tables were turned, an anti-gay couple tried to hire a gay photographer and the latter created a paper trail saying no, they can't because their anti-gay christians, then yes, it would be a case of being careful what you wish for.
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