Landscaper Under Fire for Refusing to Work for Gays (Page 7/65)
Falcon4 NOV 11, 09:02 PM
It's quite wrong. You say he didn't "go out of his way" any more than I did to write that post. The action of forwarding an email is small and probably wouldn't cause much of a crap. But chances are, this twit did a lot more than that - he probably told others, added a nice flavoring of "Gay Pride" to the whole message, threw it around, watched it pick up momentum among the literal cocksuckers, and enjoyed the hell out of watching the poor landscaper get bombarded with death threats and other BS.

All Mr. Gay had to do was leave it be, or find someone else to do the landscaping job, and leave each other alone. Instead we have a ginormic shitstorm on our hands.
Scott-Wa NOV 11, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by Falcon4:

It's quite wrong. You say he didn't "go out of his way" any more than I did to write that post. The action of forwarding an email is small and probably wouldn't cause much of a crap. But chances are, this twit did a lot more than that - he probably told others, added a nice flavoring of "Gay Pride" to the whole message, threw it around, watched it pick up momentum among the literal cocksuckers, and enjoyed the hell out of watching the poor landscaper get bombarded with death threats and other BS.

All Mr. Gay had to do was leave it be, or find someone else to do the landscaping job, and leave each other alone. Instead we have a ginormic shitstorm on our hands.



Gee. just like the landscaper... could have just left it alone and not bid the job, but oh no, had to take it to the next level.

So you blame the gay guys for the actions of those on the internet that read the posts that got spread around... nice.

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htexans1 NOV 11, 10:35 PM
A simple "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" would have sufficed. (end rant.)

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jstricker NOV 11, 10:40 PM
Back up, Scott.

In the first place, they did NOT bid the job, according to the article.


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Michael Lord and Gary Lackey, a gay couple requesting bids for a landscaping job at their new house, received a polite - and, well, honest - e-mail from Sabrina Farber, a co-owner of Garden Guy: "I need to tell you that we cannot meet with you because we choose not to work for homosexuals."



NOWHERE did it say the actually BID the job, they simply responded honestly to the request for a bid.

Second, the gay couple DID push the issue on the internet, not the landscapers.


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Stunned, Lackey forwarded the e-mail to 200 friends, asking them not to patronize Garden Guy and urging them to pass the word on to friends and family. Within days, the e-mail had been forwarded to thousands of people around the world, and quickly became the subject of heated and often ugly debates on the Internet



Not only that, but:


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Farber, whose company's Web site has long included Biblical quotes and a link to a Web site that opposes gay marriage



The company and it's owners made it VERY CLEAR in their website their feelings on homsexuality and STILL the gay couple requested bids from them. I think I smell a setup here, if you want to know the truth.

"Hey, these people don't like gays, let's see if we can get them to bid a job and if they don't, we can drag them through the mud."

I'd say, given the facts of the story, that's more likely than your trying to blame the landscape company owners.

John Stricker



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Originally posted by Scott-Wa:


Gee. just like the landscaper... could have just left it alone and not bid the job, but oh no, had to take it to the next level.

So you blame the gay guys for the actions of those on the internet that read the posts that got spread around... nice.
isthiswhereiputausername? NOV 11, 11:15 PM
Its your business.. you decide who you serve..

In the construction as well as the hosting I decide who I serve..

Example: I DO NOT HOST A - D - U - L - T sites, thats one decision I made years ago and I DECIDED THAT since its my business.

In construction, I decide as well who I work for. I told one woman this past summer after doing some work for her and putting up with her horrible abusive attitude that in the future I wouldnt be able for her. She wanted me to do another job after this first one, but ITS MY CHOICE AS A BUSINESS OWNER and I turned her down.

Normal people have barely any rights now due to being "political correct" (school prayers, saying merry christmas, putting up with second hand smoking, but its ok for us to deal with it since its their right to smoke, almost anything that was ok about 20 years ago) so its about time more people stepped up for what they believe in and not worrry if they offend dumb & dumber..

PS... It was ADAM & EVE ... NOT ADAM & STEVE..

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F-I-E-R-O NOV 11, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by isthiswhereiputausername?:

PS... It was ADAM & EVE ... NOT ADAM & STEVE..




Eeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!
Lambo nut NOV 11, 11:27 PM
All I get, after reading all this, is the gays better start learning how to do their own landscaping.........

Kevin
whadeduck NOV 11, 11:55 PM
This is my question. Would it be such a big deal if a heterosexual couple requested landscaping bids and was turned down by a company owned by homosexuals and they stated their reason as "not wanting to do business with heterosexuals."? Would most people even begin to consider the situation descriminatory if the tables were turned? I just wonder why, when both situations would essentially be the same, would one gain attention and legality and the other would most likely not. In a perfect world, both would gain equal attention. But I know that probably wouldn't be the case.

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fierobear NOV 12, 12:02 AM

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Originally posted by whadeduck:

This is my question. Would it be such a big deal if a heterosexual couple requested landscaping bids and was turned down by a company owned by homosexuals and they stated their reason as "not wanting to do business with heterosexuals."? Would most people even begin to consider the situation descriminatory if the tables were turned? I just wonder why, when both situations would essentially be the same, would one gain attention and legality and the other would most likely not. In a perfect world, both would gain equal attention. But I know that probably wouldn't be the case.




Of course not. Some people are more equal than others.
Falcon4 NOV 12, 12:04 AM
No, they're not the same, and I'm sure you'll meet the same flood of "WTF are you thinking?" that Scott-Wa got.

Straight people don't go around waving "Straight pride" flags all over the place and shouting to the world like "BE STRAIGHT LIKE ME! LOL!". The whole point of this debate is in how far gays took their "gay pride" social and political power and used it against this company. So now, thanks to one company deciding not to do business with some gay guys, the whole "gay movement" is against them.

And to top it all off, being gay is a state of mind, not something like race or origin... so what the hell does it matter anyway? If they want to live that life, they can take the consequences, and no, they do not have the right to be "offended" by it and not by a long shot to spam people and forums with their "I'm offended!" bullshit either.