Obergefell v. Hodges was three years ago today, 14 days after the pulse nightclub shooting on Latinx Night. In 2 days it will have been 49 years since the Stonewall riots against violence, specifically police violence, towards the LGBT community.
A lot of beautiful things have happened for us. And it’s important to celebrate that without caring about retaliation, especially for those who have to care to preserve their safety.
This community has given me the confidence to be myself, and taken me from darkness into beautiful, rainbow lights.
Never forget Sylvia Rivera. Never forget Marsha P. Johnson. Never forget the 49 people who died 14 days away from feeling the elation of the supreme court decision.
Party hard and party with PRIDE. But never forget why we party. We’ve been at rock bottom and we’ve come so far, but we still have a long way to go.
The customer bringing the claim against Azucar Bakery in Denver, Colorado, says he was the victim of ‘religious discrimination’ because they wouldn’t adorn cakes with the words ‘God hates gays’, and draw a picture of two men holding hands with a red cross above it.
Owner Marjorie Silva called the requests of Bill Jack ‘discriminatory and hateful’ and refused to decorate the cakes, saying: ‘We never refuse service. We did feel that it was not right for us to write hateful words or pictures against human beings.’
She did, however, offer to make Mr Jack the cakes and sell him some icing so her could decorate them himself.
Mr Jack was not satisfied with this response, telling a local news station he was being ‘discriminated against by the bakery based on my creed’.
He has filed a complaint with the Department of Regulatory Agencies, which have now placed the bakery under investigation, and could refer the complaint to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission if they feel that Mr Jack was being discriminated against.
Mr Jack is the head of the Worldview Academy, an organisation that exists to help people ‘think and live in accord with a Biblical worldview’.
Since the incident Ms Silva has received praise and support from people throughout the world who have contacted her via email.
Guys please spread this, I live here and I love this cake shop so much and would hate to see it get closed for something like this. The cakes there are absolutely phenomenal, and they even have gay and lesbian wedding cake toppers, and is the only cake store that has those in all of Denver, Golden, and Lakewood. Please don’t let this cake shop close.
Friendly Christian Reminder:
Saying “God Hates” is a violation of most of the New Testament. See also John 3:16-17, for starters. Numerous mentions of “God is love”.
Saying that you are without sin is a bold-faced lie; see Psalm 130 and Romans 3:20.
Passing judgement onto another person is a no-no; see Mathew 7:1-5.
Loving thy neighbor is one of the two most important commandments; Mark 12:31.
And that your ‘neighbor’ isn’t always another Christian; see Luke 10:25-37.
In short, stop using my religion to justify you being an ass-hat, Ass-hat.
So I’m running a Tal'dorei campaign for my players, and they went out to check the “Scar”, which is a mark on the landscape left behind by a colossal red dragon. The area is damaged and tainted by the reamins of it’s presence. The forests and villages in the area are destroyed, and they didn’t stop burning after years of the dragon’s death. My players are trying to cleanse the landscape’s outer regions with the help of the Fire Ashari druids. I thought this area would look really interesting, so I made it. :D
