From Behind The Black:
Today’s blacklisted Americans: Farm banned from farmers market because owners are Christian
They’re coming for you next: A Michigan farmer was banned from a local farmers market by the city government of East Lansing because the owners, Steve and Bridget Tennes, are Christian and had publicly stated their opposition to homosexual marriage.
The ban against their business, Country Mill Farms, was begun in 2016. Though a court quickly ruled that it was unconstitutional, the city renewed the ban in 2018 and has maintained it since, claiming the court’s ruling only applied to the 2017 season.
The logic of the East Lansing government is actually quite blatant: It believes it has the right to dictate what others can or cannot say in public, the first amendment be damned.
This is Michigan after all but still, I am surprised that the other farmers did not go on strike in protest. Shut that stupidity down. There should be some solidarity - are the other farmers scared?
They could do a decent protest by having some flyers printed up outlining the problem, who in the East Lansing government made that decision, when they are up for election, etc... They would then, during peak sales, sound an air horn. The entire market shuts down for 15 minutes - no sales. All they do is hand out the flyers and talk to people. Fifteen minutes later, the air horn sounds again and shopping resumes. That would garner a lot of attention and bring attention on the ninnies who promoted this stupidity. Believe me, the ninnies do not want that kind of attention.
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