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I’m sure you’ve heard the argument: A Christian who refuses to support  same-sex marriage is like a business owner in the segregated South who refused to serve black people. If you refuse to use your skill to profit off something that you find sinful, so the argument goes, are you not exactly like those businesses that turned African-Americans away? Here are two real-life examples: there was a  baker in Oregon  who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding . The Oregon Labor Commission found that this was illegal discrimination. The baker was forced to go out of business business, or face fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars. He ended up closing his doors. Then there  was the photographer in New Mexico  who was asked to shoot a same-sex wedding. She refused, basically saying because she thought the marriage was sinful, she was not sure her pictures would present the ceremony in the best light, so to speak (she in turn recommended other photographers who could

Image via CrunchBase You've likely heard that Chick-fil-A ®  has come under fire for supporting traditional marriage and the biblical understanding of the family .  But now it appears that the social media giant, Facebook ® , temporarily censored a grassroots effort to applaud and support the family-run business . What's this all about? Former Arkansas governor -turned-talk-show-host Mike Huckabee floated the idea of organizing a "Chick-fil-A ®  Appreciation Day" for August 1 st . He talked about it on his FOX News TV show last Sunday, launched a  Facebook® page  to promote it and by the following Tuesday morning had gathered over 100,000 supporters declaring their agreement with the concept.  By late Tuesday morning, however, the page was gone. It seems Facebook ®  had removed it. After several news outlets pushed for an explanation, including Focus on the Family's  Citizenlink ® , the page suddenly reappeared last Wednesday. Shortly after, a Facebook ® of

DES MOINES, Iowa , - An Iowa baker who politely declined to provide a wedding cake for two lesbians based on her Christian values may face legal action from the couple. Same-sex “marriage” was legalized in Iowa in 2009 by the state Supreme Court, and a 2007 state civil rights act disallows discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in matters of employment, education, housing, and public accommodation. Victoria Childress On Tuesday KCCI 8 Des Moines  interviewed   Trina Vodraska and Janelle Sievers, who said they were “shocked” when a local wedding cake business owner declined to provide the confection for their ceremony. “It was degrading, you know, it was like she chastised us for wanting to do business with her,” said Vodraska. Victoria Childress, who runs the business from her home, said she told the couple that she was unable to give them a cake based on her Christian convictions. Both she and the couple say the conversation was cordial. “I didn’t do the cake because