Topic: Gov to Farmers: Host Same-Sex Wedding or Pay a $13,000 Fine - page 2. (Read 2006 times)
To be honest, I'm not sure how I feel about governments interfering with these situations, I'd certainly boycott any business or company dickish enough to discriminate against people like that regardless but when it comes to government I'm not sure forcing them to do anything is really going to achieve much, since they're still going to be assholes, I'm also not convinced about whether it's a good idea as a government to support people who are actively discriminating against people either.
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/
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/
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