it's fun to watch xians fight for their survival in an ever increasing intelligent world that scoffs at their religious myths.
On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 12:35:46 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://eaglerising.com/17284/pastor-calls-gay-bakers-now-theyd-like-the-fbi-to-get-involved/ > > > Pastor Asks for Cake, Bakery Refuses and Calls the Cops! > > By Onan Coca <http://eaglerising.com/author/onancoca/> / 15 April 2015 > > Josh Feuerstein is a popular YouTube and social media personality who was > troubled by things he saw going on in our modern culture. Specifically, he > was bothered by the double standard that Christians in America seem to be > suffering under when it comes to serving gay wedding ceremonies. So > Feuerstein decided to run a little test of his own by calling a vocally gay > friendly bakery (Cut the Cake Bakery) in central Florida and asking them > to bake a cake > <http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/ask-gay-bakery-for-cake-get-charged-with-crime/> > that said “We Do Not Support Gay Marriage.” > > The pro-gay bakery refused. > > Feuerstein then posted the video showing the entire exchange online, > proving our point that a definite double standard does exist. At least > Christians have a deeply held religious belief that they are pointing to > when they refuse service for gay weddings; these pro-gay bakeries (there > have been many other recent examples > <http://eaglerising.com/12664/christian-man-asks-13-bakeries-make-pro-traditional-marriage-cake-gets-denied-every-time/> > > of similar situation) have no such closely held religious belief to point > to. > > A local news report explains > <http://www.clickorlando.com/news/central-florida-baker-death-threats-anti-gay-cake-request/32184060> > > what happened and also describes that the bakery is seeking legal action > because of the “damage” done to their bakery. > > > > > > By the way, did you catch this: > > *"I need a sheet cake and I need it to say, **'We do not support gay > marriage'** [silence]," said Feuerstein in the video posted to his > Facebook page earlier this week [full video below].* > > *"He wanted us to put a hateful message on a cake and I said, 'We're not > going to do that,'**" Sharon Haller, owner of Cut the Cake, told Local 6.* > > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Josh-Feurestein.jpeg> > > *image: > http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Josh-Feurestein-300x168.jpeg > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Josh-Feurestein.jpeg>* > > [image: Josh Feurestein] > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Josh-Feurestein.jpeg>*Cut > > the Cake is a mom-and-pop shop now at the center of controversy over the > phone call and video.* > > *"For me, this is not about gay people; it's about religious freedom**," > Feuerstein said in the nearly 4-minute video.* > > *Feuerstein told Local 6 over Skype that this was a social experiment > following Indiana's new and controversial religious freedom law.* > > *"I wanted to see if it was actually a double standard; if a gay-friendly > bakery and one that advertised themselves as so on pro-LGBT wedding sites > would actually bake a cake that went against their principles,"** said > Feuerstein.* > > > > (I’m not sure how ‘We Do Not Support Gay Marriage’ is a “Hateful” message, > but I digress…) > > > > Now Sharon Haller and her bakery are seeking legal action. They’ve > contacted the local police, the FBI and legal counsel, and are considering > taking legal action against Feuerstein in particular for starting this > whole thing. Sadly, in Florida their legal action might actually have legs, > because Florida law says you cannot record someone without letting them > know in advance. (Even if it’s a business that asks clients to call them, > which should automatically mean that they have no expectation of privacy.) > > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gay-cake.jpg> > > *image: > http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gay-cake-300x171.jpg > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gay-cake.jpg>* > > [image: gay cake] > <http://cdn1.eaglerising.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/gay-cake.jpg>Yep. > That’s right. > > Out west Christians who refuse service to gay weddings have the government > fine them and force them out of business. In Florida, a gay friendly bakery > not only doesn’t have to serve Christians, they can actually get that > Christian in trouble with the law!! > > But no double standard exists, right liberals? > > Sharon Haller, owner of Cut the Cake Bakery in Longwood, Florida is very > deftly acting the victim in this case. But what she is facing is no > different to what the other high profile Christian businesses who have > stood for their faith have had to deal with. No one seemed worried when the > bakery Sweetcakes by Melissa > <http://eaglerising.com/9297/christian-couple-lost-bakery-serving-gay-wedding-go-viral/> > > in Oregon was being harassed, threatened, then forced to close. Or when > Memories > Pizza > <http://eaglerising.com/16946/remember-the-rights-of-memories-pizza/> was > being inundated by hatred from gay activists. Or when florist Barronelle > Stutzman was fined > <http://www.christianpost.com/news/christian-grandma-florist-fined-1001-ordered-to-work-gay-weddings-but-refuses-says-she-wont-betray-jesus-state-threatens-to-take-her-home-business-away-136613/> > > by the government and threatened with losing both home and business. Or > when photographer Elane Huguenin was sued and fined > <http://eaglerising.com/1427/new-mexico-court-tells-christians-compromise/> > for declining to participate in a gay wedding. > > The truth is that a major double standard does indeed exist. > > In case you’d like to see Feuerstein’s original video, here is the copy > that was posted by the Bakery. 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