Hatemonger and former televanelist Joshua Feuerstein somehow got the odd idea that he was clever and, pursuing that notion, decided that he knew how to show them damned libruhls a thing or two.
So he made a Youtube video of him calling a local bakery and attempting to order a sheet cake bearing the message “We do not support gay marriage”.
The owner, Sharon Haller, told him no and hung up. She says that she thought it was an April Fool’s joke.
Feuerstein has been ranting about how the bakery discriminated against Christians, and now, the bakery is receiving death threats from many kind loving Christians.
Feuerstein may be guilty of violating Florida’s wiretapping laws because he recorded the conversation.
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The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets or steal bread.
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I have nothing to say except that the attorney mentioned in the article as representing six gay couples, Dan Canon, is a good, personal friend of mine.
I noted at the dailykos link that there was a gofundme site for donations for the non-hateful cake shop… and it was sitting at just $11k and change. Judging by the anti-gay wedding catering pizza joint’s fundraising effort, it seems its much, MUCH more profitable to be on the side of the haters, at least in the short term. :mad:
Of course, that is a parable and the money is clearly a metaphor for righteous living . . . but in Joni Ernst’s world-view, there probably is no distinction between the two.
For a change of pace: “Why I Left the GOP,” by Jeremiah Goulka; a fascinating account of a recovering conservative’s journey of political education and discovery.
Much as I love mocking the insane gibbering Republican idiocy that oozes out of my home state regularly, this seems like small potatoes. Something a teacher in a rural Georgia elementary school told her students is making national news? Granted it’s truly dumbass political dickery, but I don’t see how it’s worth more than a “hey, cut that out, or you’re outta here,” from the principal.
Good article. I was in similar shoes, but figured all of that out already in the early 1990s, especially H.W. Bush losing support for being “dangerously liberal.” The Gingrich nonsense sealed the deal for me.
That makes Ted Cruz unutterably stupid. Why do things in such a roundabout, back door, Robin Hood’s Barn fashion? It would be exactly as easy – maybe easier – just to pass a Definition of Marriage Amendment.
When a Senator can’t even comprehend the notion of how amendments work, it’s really sad potatoes for the GOP.
