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Related: About this forumA Thousand Points of Hate: Couple Plans Massive Series of Anti–Gay Marriage Billboards
A Thousand Points of Hate: Couple Plans Massive Series of AntiGay Marriage Billboards...
The plea comes from Betty and Richard Odgaard, an Iowa couple who say they recently closed their wedding business rather than perform same-sex marriages. Iowa legalized same-sex marriage in 2009, but the Odgaards and their Görtz Haus Gallery came under fire in 2013 when they refused to assist two men with their upcoming nuptials, citing their Christian beliefs, The Blaze reports. A small payout from the lawsuit, followed by boycotts and a decline in their accompanying flower and restaurant businesses, led the couple to close their doors at the end of July.
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Hmm.
Out of business, yet they can still afford to do this?
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A Thousand Points of Hate: Couple Plans Massive Series of Anti–Gay Marriage Billboards (Original Post)
Old Union Guy
Aug 2015
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shenmue
(38,506 posts)1. They could feed the poor
Maybe. A thought.
3catwoman3
(23,975 posts)2. That billboard is ridiculous.
"I need your help with this."
-God
Isn't gawd supposed to be all powerful? Why does he/she/it need help from puny little human beings? Why did gawd create gay people if they are such an affront to him/her/it? What about the "God don't make no junk," notion. What about the oft quoted rationale that everything is "God's will"?
Betty Karlson
(7,231 posts)3. Tools. Hateful tools. That's all they are.
I hate them. God damn them.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)4. Yet more evil creatures right out of hell! n/t