Gov to Farmers: Host Same-Sex Wedding or Pay a $13,000 Fine

[jcoin200]

This isn't about discrimination, it's about the right to choose the people you do business with. I'm on the seaside right now, and I see many shops with signs indicating they don't serve customers without a shirt or shoes. It's also forbidden to sell alcohol to minors, but nobody sees this as discrimination.

Thats exactly correct.  But the govt cannot use that to stir up division within the people.

It's also about the erosion of your freedoms.  You no longer have the right to choose to get healthcare coverage, if they have their way you will lose your right to own a firearm, you right to free speech is being restricted everyday and your right to even have a political opinion is going away (see the CEO of Mozilla who was forced to resign for a measly $1000 contribution).

This falls into that same boat, your right to run YOUR OWN BUSINESS the way you want to, is going away.  This is a sad story for America, no matter what your stance on marriage is.

[Spendulus]

State Division of Human Rights....only in NY.  Couple has every right to say 'no' in accordance with their beliefs.

Government to Farmers: Host Same-Sex Wedding or Pay a $13,000 Fine

Should the government be able to coerce a family farm into hosting a same-sex wedding?

In a free society, the answer is no. Family farms should be free to operate in accordance with the beliefs and values of their owners. Government shouldn’t be able to fine citizens for acting in the market according to their own—rather than the government’s—values, unless there is a compelling government interest being pursued in the least restrictive way possible.

But the New York State Division of Human Rights doesn’t see things this way. On August 8, it fined Cynthia and Robert Gifford $13,000 for acting on their belief that marriage is the union of a man and woman and thus declining to rent out their family farm for a same-sex wedding celebration. The Human Rights Commission ruled that “the nature and circumstances of the [Giffords’s] violation of the Human Rights Law also warrants a penalty.”
  http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/19/government-farmers-host-sex-wedding-pay-13000-fine/

Fascist socialism of NY in action.