Because Sweet Jesus Says It’s Okay to Shun Some People
Like a beach ball, the gays are being bounced from state to state.
Brian Kelsey
They say that Jan Brewer will veto it, but whack-a-mole!, here it is in Tennessee. The “Turn the Gays Away” bill lost one sponsor but within hours, found another. And the original sponsor, Tennessee State Sen. Brian Kelsey, says he’ll still support it.
The bill notes that businesses can refuse services and goods only if it furthers a civil union, domestic partnership, or same-sex marriage. The person or business would just have to say it was against their religion. For example, if a same-sex couple wanted a cake for their wedding reception, a bakery could refuse to cater to them.
Well, crap, you can’t get married without a homophobic cake. How are gays supposed to get married if a bakery owned by a homophobe won’t bake them a cake? And what if they can’t find a straight singer? You can’t have a gay singer at a gay wedding. And the flowers! Oh Lord, the flowers. There are absolutely no gay flower arrangers.
And, hey, I dunno if this has anything to do with anything, but it appears that Mr. Kelsey is not married.
At the very least, it means that gays should refuse to bake his cake.
Thanks to Steve for the heads up.
JJ – you showed his picture. You shouldn’t have to wonder why he’s not married.
1When does this gohmert plan to come off the down low, take up preaching, or both?
2I think the question the phobic should be asking themselves is where THEY are going to get wedding planners, cakes, and flowers.
I think Sen. Kelsey is just having a hissy fit because gay marriage hasn’t made it to Tennessee yet. He’ll get over it, once he comes out.
3Y’all around here have heard the expressions ‘gaedar.?’ Mine’s going ring a ding ding ding . . .
Uhhhh hhhhm.
4Sign at a pro-gay-marriage rally: “Who do you think designed your wedding dress?”
Another favorite: “As Jesus said about gay people: ‘ .’ ”
I wish these gohmerts would come down off their high horses and start flailing around about something that Jesus really DID condemn. Divorce and remarriage would be one thing. Being rich would be even better. Or how about not helping poor and sick people? But no, they gotta get all worked up over which body part is allowed to touch which other body part on consenting adults in private, as if it matters to anybody else.
5https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOTTkPCprjA&feature=share
The young wonderful singer, Taylor Ferrera, just released her newest video today: “Move Your Business to Arizona”. It’s excellent, as usual. Maybe if we wait a day or two, she might come out with a new version about Tennessee, “because Sweet Jesus says it’s okay to shun some people”.
6Hey…BTW. FEDERAL COURT JUST STRUCK DOWN TEXAS ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW. Only Gregg Abbott will say he won…but is going back to the office to sue the POTUS. What a tool. Couldn’t happen to a more despicable person.
7If Arizona’s Gov. saw the $$$ flying out the door, perhaps the Gov. Haslam of Tennessee will also see the “light”. He’s already slated to see the economic results of union busting.
8“businesses can refuse services and goods only if it furthers a civil union, domestic partnership, or same-sex marriage. The person or business would just have to say it was against their religion.
This wording is very scary.
Do people realize that “domestic partnership” is NOT just for same sex couples?
So is this guy against people living together and they can be refuse any services or goods to a man and a women living together?
9Well, let me just say that if our sweet Brian here is NOT gay, then he’s missed a grand opportunity.
10Brian Kelsey is about as straight as Stacey Campfield – you know, the GayBoyz of the TN General Assembly – you can recognize them by the hate they spew.
11He’s in ALEC. When you see the same hateful bill pop up first one place and then another, it’s most likely their handiwork.
12MO filed one too.
13Ooooohh, look mama. Them boys are playing with matches. Now their trying to light up a very big fat firecracker! Too bad they can’t read the writing on the box it came in!
14Looks like it will be against my religion to go to Tennessee. Maybe a few other states. Let’s all commit to having an organization we belong to refuse to have a convention in hate-first states.
15Follow-up to maryelle’s comment above:
The NFL is seriously considering moving the 2015 Super Bowl out of Arizona, perhaps even if Gov. Brewer vetos that discrimination bill. I wonder if Major League Baseball is next (maybe not this spring, but next spring?).
So, what major businesses and events take place in Tennessee, that might be boycotted or moved out of the state? The CMA Music Festival? Dollywood?
16Some repug in PA (Gordon Denlinger) has introduced another hate bill. This one avoids the reference to religion, calling it “sincerely held beliefs.” It’s the same discriminatory rhetoric as the AZ and TN versions.
17Doesn’t Brian know Jesus wants and expects him to be married and having babies? Why does Brian hate Jesus?
18Well, I sincerely believe that old overweight ladies with flat feet are discriminated against by not having enough hand rails and I am going to go boycott all the stores that don’t have enough handrails near them. While I’m boycotting them I’m going to tell the world about all the legislators who don’t support my sincere beliefs. Looks like it’s going to be a busy spring.
19Again I say, how did I miss the news about the discovery of a cure for every fatal disease known to man and a lasting peace in the Middle East????? Cause surely with big important problems to solve around the world these legislators are NOT wasting their time on who’s doing who.
20I wouldn’t want Kelsey or any of his fellow travelers anywhere near food I’m going to eat.
21What if all the business in Arizona refused to allow “straights” in their stores, purely for religious purposes in that they’re using my religion against me? A day or two of that should get the message across.
22kelsey is in the choir too.
23eykis,
here is stacey campfield at congressman john duncan’s (r-east teabagistan) annual non-partisan family picnic:
http://guerillawomentn.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-many-cops-does-it-take-to-handcuff.html