TH: In case you missed it, a federal court ruled last week that the city of East Lansing, Michigan must allow a farmer who was kicked out over his marriage beliefs to return to the 2017 farmer’s market.
After Steve Tennes of Country Mill Farms wrote a post on Facebook expressing his traditional views about marriage, city officials gave him the boot citing an anti-discrimination law that covers sexual orientation.
At issue is an unconstitutional, unlawful, and complex policy that city officials adopted specifically to shut out Tennes and Country Mills Farms, his family’s fruit orchard, purely because he posted on Facebook his belief in biblical marriage. The city did this even though Tennes, his family, and the orchard are in Charlotte, 22 miles from East Lansing, well outside the city’s boundaries and beyond its jurisdiction.
I think that old phrase “don’t make a federal case out of it” should have applied here?? Sheesh.
Good outcome tho.
When “the right thing happening” seems like a Miracle…
I’d kind of been following this story. So happy to see a happy outcome!
In cases like this, I would like to see governmental immunity made inapplicable and the city officials who voted for this personally liable for court costs and attorneys’ fees. According to the article, this fellow expressed his views on Facebook, and there is nothing to indicate that he did anything at the farmer’s market other than sell produce.
Asshats like the council members who sanctioned this action have nothing personally at risk for being asshats. This needs to change.
What Wyatt said. Make them PAY for disrupting this farmer’s ability to do business.
This is why I keep saying that the most important contribution Trump can make to your country is filling the federal judgeships with conservative judges who believe in upholding the spirit and letter of the constitution. That could well be his lasting legacy.
Wyatt, thing will change when “the little guy” (this farmer) sues the sh!t out of the Council…just like the Left does. That’s the only way they’ll learn.
Of course it was unconstitutional, the simple thought that people exist in government this eager to resurrect Stalin is frightening.
What’s next, armband with a cross in red?
Keep it up Progs, those crosses come on shields too.
East Lansing, home of Michigan State University. What more do you need to know?
Why do I have the feeling that had the farmer been muslem, the city council would have taken an entirely different approach?
Glad to see he won!!!!