Texas wedding venue places ad telling same-sex couples they’re not welcome

[DonViejo]

Bob and Genie Flournoy of East Texas are the toast of right wing religious zealots across America for advertising in their local Christian magazine their refusal to book weddings for same-sex or transgender couples.

“Our Christian faith demands that we not participate in same-sex, transgender or any other perversion of marriage,” the ad says. “If you disagree with our stance on marriage, please respect our Christian belief and have your wedding elsewhere.”

Mr. Flournoy is the owner of Texas Forest Country Weddings, a bed and breakfast venue in Manning, Texas, that features a mansion, a lodge, acres upon acres of beautiful land, and the online equivalent of a big “You’re Not Welcome” sign to LGBTQ couples.

Flournoy posted on his website that the property handed down from his father “gives us a ministry to provide rest, relaxation and renewal to weary folks and a great place for a man and a woman to begin a wonderful life together.

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http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/09/texas-wedding-venue-places-ad-telling-sex-couples-theyre-not-welcome/

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Ya' know it's one thing to hold certain beliefs

and even to practice them as you see fit as distasteful as they may be. But for crying out loud, is there REALLY a need to "gild the lilly" and just be big jerks (to put it charitably) about it?

[etherealtruth]

2. How is this even legal?

I couldn't (nor would I if I could) advertise that I only provide services to white folk ... Christians .... ?


On the other hand maybe its a good thing ... as a straight white woman they would not get my business as I avoid bigots and imbeciles

[geomon666]

5. It's not.

All it takes is one LGBTQ couple to file a grievance.

[Saphire]

14. But think of the "gofundme" money they could raise.

Perhaps all they want is $$$!

[salin]

15. That was/is my gut reaction.

A set up to then try to sucker folks out of big $ $

[Initech]

3. To quote Stephen Colbert: This just in, Jesus has quit!

[trotsky]

6. To be fair, Jesus also defined marriage as a man and a woman.

Matthew 19:4-6

4 He said to them, “Have you not read that He Who made them in the first place made them man and woman? 5 It says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and his mother and will live with his wife. The two will become one.’ 6 So they are no longer two but one. Let no man divide what God has put together.”

Just one of the many things in the bible that are wrong.

[Mariana]

10. Let no man divide what God has put together.

Jesus defined remarriage after divorce as adultery, which is one of the Big Ten Bad Things. I wonder if these people allow divorced people to marry in their venue. I bet they do.

[trotsky]

13. Yep, everybody picks and chooses the parts of their religion they want to follow.

And conveniently, everybody's god holds the exact same political opinions they do! How amazing is that?

[CrispyQ]

4. I have an acquaintance who asked,

"Well why shouldn't a business owner be able to say they don't want a certain groups business?" I asked her, "Is that really the kind of town you want to live in? Where you walk down main street & one business has a sign that says No Blacks, another has a sign that says No Jews & others with signs that say No Gays, No Women, No People in Wheelchairs?" She proved to me she wasn't a complete asshole by saying, "No, I don't want to live there."

[dembotoz]

8. thank you...my initial response was who the hell cares but i read your post and u r 100% right

i remember as a kid being in a town in central wisconsin (wautoma) where some of the stores had signs that said no mexicans......

large migrant operations near by.......

my family was camping at a campground near by....ironically a church camp.....But anyway my dear sweet liberal mom, raised a fuss and made sure my father and i did not go inside.....
and i learned a lesson that day

thank you for the reminder

[CrispyQ]

9. Your mom raised a good kid!

[anoNY42]

7. Idiots like these are a great way

to take money out of the pockets of the Christian Bubbas who will be donating to their legal fund!

The more places come out as anti-gay, the more money the bigots have to spend to (try to) win in court!

[HughBeaumont]

11. "Our Christian Faith demands" aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand I stopped reading.

Your mythology book demands nothing nor does it hold precedence over the due LEGAL human rights recognized by the Supreme Court.

[Amaril]

12. I like it when businesses are open about their beliefs

My beliefs demand that I not support -- in any way -- bigots, hate-mongers and garden variety asshats. When they out themselves, it saves me research time.

Not that I'm ever likely to get married in Manning, Texas, but if I did, I appreciate that they have taken themselves out of the running.