Pence signs 'religious freedom' bill Wal Mart reacts - MERGE

[JMarie]

and so it begins the first idiots to declare they won't cater to a gay wedding. The only problem is they don't do catering so really they just want to feel persecuted. Yelp is having a blast with them.

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties ... riminating

http://www.yelp.com/biz/memories-pizza-walkerton

Who would have pizza at a wedding reception??

[doggie]

This rally shows that bigots are not too bright. These business owners are going to pay the price for such a stupid announcement.

[Rainytown]

This rally shows that bigots are not too bright. These business owners are going to pay the price for such a stupid announcement.

I didn't bring the link over here, but it seems they already have: They've closed their business until they stop being "threatened" and "attacked" on Yelp and other online review sites.

Truthfully, I'm thrilled that so many people let them know in no uncertain terms that their bigotry is unwelcome in any community.

[Burris]

3...2...1...FOLD!

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/mkwikia/images/3/35/Sub-Zero_Flawless_Victory.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090301100547

I think the internet might actually be one of humanity's crowning achievements.

[KittenMitten]

I didn't bring the link over here, but it seems they already have: They've closed their business until they stop being "threatened" and "attacked" on Yelp and other online review sites.

Truthfully, I'm thrilled that so many people let them know in no uncertain terms that their bigotry is unwelcome in any community.

Oh, those poor mistreated babies. Now they will whine persecution. Life must suck for them. If they do not want to be attacked and threatened, perhaps they should not persecute others.

[Becket70]

Who would have pizza at a wedding reception??

Funny you should mention pizza at wedding. Last year we went to a very casual outdoor wedding that featured food trucks. One of the food trucks prepared those fancy pizzas that they blast for 60 seconds at 900 degrees. The other food trucks did burgers, sandwiches, etc. and the last one did ice cream treats. Food trucks can prepare some really good food and we really enjoyed the food and the variety that was offered. The bride told me that food truck weddings were a "thing" but I had never heard of them.

Now, didn't Michelle do some robo-calls last month regarding a bill (or was it a referendum?) that gave business permission to fire people just because they were gay? I believe it also said a landlord could refuse to rent to LGBT. If this new law in Arkansas gets amended to prevent discrimination of LGBT, would that negate the law that Michelle and Jim Bob were supporting?

[LittleOleMe]

I have an beautiful outdoor wedding/reception planned (for whenever I actually find someone) and I fully intend to have a s'mores bar and a pizza bar. A majority of the light will be from the fire pits, where people can cook their own pizzas and s'mores. It's going to be a picnic/camping like event and it will be awesome. And it will include pizza :D

[feministxtian]

A question I have yet to see answered...would a Muslim be able to refuse service to a Christian? For example, person comes in the ER critically injured. The person is wearing a cross necklace. The attending ER doc is Muslim. Can the doc refuse to treat the presumed Christian patient?

Another scenario...most of the nail salons around me are owned by Cambodian Buddhists. Can they legally refuse service to a white Christian?

Can the Sikh smoke shop owner refuse to serve a Christian?

This is gonna get interesting real quick!

[Cleopatra7]

The Memories Pizza Parlor is being flooded with donations after making their "courageous stand" against catering gay marriages, despite the fact that it never had a catering business to begin with:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/0 ... lp00000592

Part of me is wondering if this wasn't part of some scheme to get more visibility and maybe a chance to make the rounds on conservative media outlets, since there was never any danger of Memories being forced to cater a same-sex wedding.

[16strong]

I have an beautiful outdoor wedding/reception planned (for whenever I actually find someone) and I fully intend to have a s'mores bar and a pizza bar. A majority of the light will be from the fire pits, where people can cook their own pizzas and s'mores. It's going to be a picnic/camping like event and it will be awesome. And it will include pizza :D

That sounds like an amazing time. What about some lanterns? I'm really glad to see I'm not the only one planning a wedding without a significant other. :lol:

I plan on a courthouse wedding wearing a tea-length dress (not white) with no wedding party. Just immediate family and a few friends (if they want to come), and a backyard barbeque after. I just want a happy and non-stressful day with GOOD FOOD and love all around. I don't want expensive catered wedding crap, or icky mints and punch, I want some slow-cooked baby back ribs and booze. And I don't want to stand around in heels all day taking pictures. Not my thing.

[16strong]

Representative Tom Cotton from Arkansas chimes in:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/0 ... lp00000592

Summary: Gays, shut up and be thankful you don't live in Iran, because then you'd be executed instead of *just* being denied service at restaurants and getting fired for your sexuality.

[Chowder Head]

Representative Tom Cotton from Arkansas chimes in:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/0 ... lp00000592

Summary: Gays, shut up and be thankful you don't live in Iran, because then you'd be executed instead of *just* being denied service at restaurants and getting fired for your sexuality.[/quot :angry-banghead: :angry-banghead: :angry-banghead: :angry-banghead: :angry-banghead: :cray-cray: :cray-cray: Wow what an asshole

[LittleOleMe]

That sounds like an amazing time. What about some lanterns? I'm really glad to see I'm not the only one planning a wedding without a significant other. :lol:

I plan on a courthouse wedding wearing a tea-length dress (not white) with no wedding party. Just immediate family and a few friends (if they want to come), and a backyard barbeque after. I just want a happy and non-stressful day with GOOD FOOD and love all around. I don't want expensive catered wedding crap, or icky mints and punch, I want some slow-cooked baby back ribs and booze. And I don't want to stand around in heels all day taking pictures. Not my thing.

I haven't decided if my dress will be white with yellow accents or white with purple accents. But I'm definitely making my own dress. That's a given for me. (Too bad it didn't work with the last boyfriend. His mom was a professional wedding dress pattern maker. Oh well.) Lanterns would be an awesome addition! Thanks! (Seriously - that's an awesome idea and I'm adding it) I love throwing parties and having a wedding would be a fun excuse to throw one. It will basically be a picnic with some vows thrown in. And since I don't wear shoes in spring or summer or fall, I will likely be barefoot. (Had Jill had her wedding outside, the barefoot part would have made sense. Also, I couldn't walk in heels to save my life.) My goal is to throw the entire party for less than $1K, minus photography. That's one place where I won't skimp on costs bc good photographers are important. And I think the Benessa wedding alone is proof of that one.

[Toothfairy]

Is it me? Or did this pizzeria just created controversy to get donations? I heard they filed for bankruptcy. Then took the opportunity to "say" they won't serves gays

[doggie]

Is it me? Or did this pizzeria just created controversy to get donations? I heard they filed for bankruptcy. Then took the opportunity to "say" they won't serves gays

I was just going to post that. they don't even do catering. I think they did what some christians always do scam other christians.

[notsocommon]

Their gofundme will hit half a million within the next hour or so at the rate they are going.

disgusting

http://www.gofundme.com/MemoriesPizza

[Toothfairy]

Let's see how many other business bitch and cry how they're being treated unfairly because of gays :evil:

[Mecca]

Unreal. You cry about faux persecution, and you make a half a million. Bigotry might be paying well right now for the owner of that pizza place, but the Internet is forever. Their words will never go away but that money will.

It always amazes me when people donate to crap like this. Nine times out of ten the people donating do not do a damn thing to help out their communities or the people that struggle daily within their communities. But when something like this happens, they willingly give to a scammer without second thought and continue to turn up their noses to the ones that really need help.

Please, can the rapture come soon to take these nut bags away?

[doggie]

People did get carried away with this. And yelp will remove the reviews since they are not real. But what other religious people would go to a place covered in Christian crap everywhere and a prayer box. They look like the annoying type of in your face Christians

[Nic]

Now that Arkansas' governor said he would not sign the bill in its present form, I wonder if the Duggars are perplexed. The governor stated in his press conference that the issue was divided along generational lines and that even his own son urged him to veto the bill. What must the Duggar's think? When you live in such a tight bubble you must be gobsmacked at the idea that so many people do not agree with you.

If you need an example of how delusional some of these right-wing religious fanatics are, they are introducing similar legislation in Nevada. Nevada????

After seeing what went down in Indiana, it may have a harder time passing, but if there wasn't the backlash, it could easily pass in Nevada.

Some random thoughts why...

Nevada is a very right wing-y kinda state. As for Vegas, the people that don't work on The Strip, almost resent it (i.e. "we are so much more than that"-- they're wrong) Remember the tourists are the "what happens here stays here" people not the residents. This also the state that had ol Clive fighting to graze his cattle on govt land.

Despite NV being the quicky marriage & divorce state, Nevada was stupid enough to vote down gay marriage. NV could've been the first-- and if it any state is the most set up for a flood of marriages-- be them planned or Britney Spears style-- NV is it.

Nevada also has a high LDS population.

Nevada has voted down medical marijuana and obviously rec use too, though interesting, I guess tapping into Nevada's long history of get rich quick schemes, the city of North Las Vegas, past marijuana leg recently.

But here's something that I learned taking a class from the same prof that sent out the students to visit the Browns. Nevada has a really low population of church goer's overall which feeds into Nevada having a lack of "community" I think Las Vegas has more transplants than homegrown people. This lack of community leads to low voter turn out etc, so if you have a vocal passionate minority, and it doesn't impact the casinos, you can get things through with little opposition...

[Chowder Head]

In Louisiana there is also talks about trying to get a law like this passed. shit on shingles no.

[Black Aliss]

I continue to be apalled at the irony, -that all peoples are allowed to demand their rights, but Christians are bashed for holding to their own religious convictions. Live and let live. Extend the very same tolerance that you expect. But consider where your own tolerance ends, and where, in its place, you demand validation. I'm not supporting the Duggars, here, but rather the religious freedoms of ALL. Christians, Muslims, atheists, Buddhists, etc,. -we are entitled (yes, that very same entitled) to expect tolerance as well. Wow,...sad.

Your religious freedom ends where my nose begins. There is a huge difference between "I'm against same sex marriage so I'm going to remain in the closet myself." and "I'm against same sex marriage so I don't want anyone else to have one." That said, LGBT people were never a protected class in anti-discrimination laws in Indiana, so even without the RFRA law the pizza guy could have gotten away with not catering gay wedding receptions without fear of consequences.

[RosyDaisy]

and so it begins the first idiots to declare they won't cater to a gay wedding. The only problem is they don't do catering so really they just want to feel persecuted. Yelp is having a blast with them.

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties ... riminating

http://www.yelp.com/biz/memories-pizza-walkerton

Too funny! LOL!!!!

[Mecca]

Holy hell. The GOFUNDME account is up to 765k. This is truly insane. These people will be millionaires by weeks end for being bigots. :shock: :? :oops: :think: :wtf: :pull-hair:

[treemom]

I went to Middle School in Walkerton. It isn't like it is a booming town or anything. I suspect the pizzeria was struggling to a certain extent.