Landscapers refuse work for gay couple
Here's the basic story. Garden Guy is a Christian-owned landscaping company in Houston. They recently refused to work on a couple's house based on the couple's sexual orientation and even said so in their refusal letter. The couple, understandably, gets upset over this and word spreads like wild fire.
Now, I obviously can understand why the couple is upset. I mean, hell...if I got a letter from a company refusing me service cause of any of the dozen of things a Christian company could take offense to, I'd be irritated too. Yet, it should come as no surprise really. It's no secret how a big section of Christians feel about homosexuality. While it seems fucking ridiculous to me to discriminate on something that really is no one's fucking business, if that is their religious beliefs, it's their religious beliefs. They believe they are upholding their faith and convictions this way. It would be fruitless to attempt to convince them that it's silly, especially if they think they are being "warriors of God" or whatever. At least they're not taking the Fred Phelps route.
So yes, it is so trivial and stupid to not be accepting of all people, but as a private business, do they have that right? Maybe. I don't know. It seems like such a gray area. And I know nothing about business law. But then I think in terms of "Could I patronize a company that I knew to be this discriminatory?" I don't think I could.
Fuck. Too many deep thoughts for 1 AM.