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Christian Business taken to court by homosexual couple

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J im and Mary O'Reilly run The Wildflower Inn, a small Vermont Bed & Breakfast they started in 1985 and have managed together for 25 years. But after Vermont passed a Civil Union law in April 2000, a gathering storm darkened the horizon of the Wildflower Inn's beautiful mountain view: Jim and Mary knew they could not conduct business in violation of their Catholic beliefs, and would kindly refer same-sex couples to other establishments for their celebrations. Jim and Mary's position was upheld by a 2005 decision of the Vermont Civil Rights Commission . But the storm would break again in 2009, when Vermont passed same-sex marriage . Please watch this brand-new video from the Marriage Anti-Defamation Alliance to hear Jim and Mary tell you, in their own words, what happened next: Paul, this is not an isolated instance.  This is what happens every time and in every place that same-sex marriage becomes law. Individuals are threatened, businesses attacke

Homosexual’s ‘defamatory’ lawsuit seeks to silence pro-family groups: Liberty University attorney

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August 28, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) -  A lawsuit  filed by a homosexual against Liberty University School of Law and various other organizations and individuals for “conspiracy” and “racketeering” is based on lies and is defamatory, according to law school dean Mathew Staver , who says that he will “pursue every recourse” against the plaintiffs for having filed it. Staver also says that the suit is an attempt to undermine the freedom of speech of pro-family groups in their opposition to homosexual behavior and homosexual parenting. Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella “This is outrageously frivolous,” Staver told LifeSiteNews.com. “It’s a press release filed in federal court. It is sanctionable, and we will pursue every recourse possible because this suit is defamatory. It’s filled with lies, it’s frivolous, and the attorney who filed it ought to be sanctioned…” The suit, filed on behalf of Vermont lesbian Janet Jenkins, claims that Liberty University School of Law, Th

Vermont Catholic couple pays $30,000 in dispute over hosting lesbian ‘wedding’ reception

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Anti-ACLU (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) LYNDONVILLE, VT , August 24, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The price of following your conscience in Vermont is $30,000. That’s the amount a Roman Catholic family has agreed to pay over a disagreement about hosting a same-sex “wedding” reception at its family inn. An employee for Jim and Mary O’Reilly, a devout Catholic couple, turned down the request of a lesbian couple from New York City to host their “wedding” reception, following a same-sex “marriage” at a Buddhist retreat in Vermont. Attorneys for the inn said that the employee had misrepresented the position of the O’Reillys, and that it was their policy simply to inform couples about their beliefs on marriage, while agreeing to serve anyone who wished it. Although the family emphasized they “treat all people with respect and dignity,” and they serve and employ homosexuals, they said celebrating sexual immorality “goes against everything that we as Catholics believe.” The ACLU sued t

‘I promised God that if he would save my baby, I would leave the homosexual lifestyle’

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February 6, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - Lisa Miller, an ex- lesbian who made national headlines during her battle to protect her daughter from a custody transfer to her former sex partner, is now telling the story of her struggle through a book by one of her attorneys, Rina Lindevaldsen. “ Only One Mommy: A Woman’s Battle for Her Life, Her Daughter, and Her Freedom ” (New Revolution Publishers, 2011), gives readers new insights into Miller’s inspiring odyssey from abused and neglected child, through the horrors of sexual and chemical addictions, to redemption through faith in Jesus Christ . Miller’s final act of bravery was her decision to enter into hiding with her child, Isabella, to escape her former lesbian partner Janet Jenkins, who was successfully seeking to transfer custody of Miller’s daughter, Isabella, to herself.  Although Miller remains in hiding, she speaks to readers through journals and letters left with her attorney, and through Lindevaldsen’s own narrative. At the

Obama administration makes new indictment in hunt for girl claimed by lesbian

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December 9, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The Obama administration has indicted a second individual suspected of helping a nine-year-old girl escape a custody claim by an unrelated lesbian, who is seeking to take custody of her from her natural mother. According to the Associated Press , 46-year old Kenneth L. Miller of Stuarts Draft, Virginia , appeared in federal court on Tuesday to face charges of “ international parental kidnapping ” for helping Lisa Miller (42) and her daughter Isabella (9) to travel to Canada and ultimately Nicaragua . Lisa and Isabella Miller The Virginia resident reportedly contacted associates in Nicaragua and Canada to request their support for Lisa Miller as she fled the United States in 2009, and instructed individuals to purchase plane tickets for Lisa and Isabella. A Mennonite pastor, Timothy “Timo” Miller, had previously been indicted for his alleged role in helping Lisa Miller and her daughter to leave the country. The pair had fled the United States

Vermont inn sued by ACLU after refusing lesbian ‘wedding’ reception

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Image via Wikipedia The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced Tuesday that they are suing a Vermont inn on behalf of a lesbian couple, after the inn’s Christian owners refused to host the couple’s ‘wedding’ reception. The Wildflower Inn in Lyndonville , owned by Jim and Mary O’Reilly, has a policy against hosting receptions for homosexual ‘weddings’, so when Kate Baker and Ming Linsley of New York City approached them last fall, they were turned away. The ACLU alleges that the O’Reillys’ policy violates Vermont’s Fair Housing and Public Accommodations Act, which prohibits the denial of goods and services based on customers’ sexual orientation.  The act contains exceptions for religious organizations and small inns with five or fewer rooms, but not larger establishments. Nevertheless, the O’Reillys, who are devout Catholics , have stood their ground.  “We do not … feel that we can offer our personal services wholeheartedly to celebrate the marriage between same sex coup