re: Catholic couple fined $13,000 for refusing to host same-sex ‘wedding’

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I don't give a damn about gays or any other marginalized group.

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I didn't either really til a friend of mine growing up came out to a bunch of us in a group text a couple years ago and basically said he survived a suicide attempt. I find the idea of two guys banging weird and gross, but I've tried to stop saying **** and be aware of my own terrible attitude toward something I didn't really understand.

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I just look at this from the perspective of a business owner who has worked pretty damn hard to build up his business and wonders why I can't say "No" to somebody regardless of my reasons (not that I have ever considered it, at least to Americans). But that argument kinda sorta falls apart if you substitute "black" for "gay".

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Agreed. People talk around that, as obviously the things the black community has gone through will never compare to the gays, but they are still groups that can be discriminated against.

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In this particular case it sure sounds like the lesbo couple was prepared for a lawsuit from the get-go. That's pretty fricked up. But bigger picture yeah, I can kinda sorta get it now.

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I want to know at what point in the process they were told they couldn't use the venue, if there was a company that handled all the operations and or if it was just the couple that owned it the entire time.