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Judge: Christian baker cannot be forced to make same-sex wedding cake

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A state judge handed a Christian bakery owner a temporary reprieve last week from an effort to compel her to make cakes for same-sex weddings in violation of her religious beliefs . Kern County Superior Court Judge David Lampe denied the state of California a temporary restraining order last Thursday against Cathy Miller, a cake artist and owner of Tastries Bakery, to forbid her “from selling to anyone any item they are unwilling to sell.” California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) had filed a surprise motion for the TRO the day before, according to the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF). The legal group representing Miller said this was done specifically to compel Miller to create wedding cakes for same-sex individuals despite the fact that doing so would violate her sincerely held religious beliefs. “ The government sprung this needless motion on Cathy without notice, forcing her to scramble with less than 12 hours to prepare,” said Charles...

Normalization of the abomination of homosexuality

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Conservatives politicians and bible believing churches see same-sex marriage as incompatible with what they regard as the traditional definition of a union between a man and a woman. In fact, followers of Christ see gay marriage as disordered love, empowered by demonic forces to destroy Holy matrimony. Others on the radical left do not see the point in fighting for something they keep saying is inherently flawed. There is no doubt that marriage today doesn't match Christian marriage ideals especially with marriage being based on feeling rather than covenant and easy divorce. The radical left see marriage as a conservative institution that has long been used as a tool of oppression, power and the oppression of women . The LGBTQ people pushed gay marriage to make gay people fit into cookie-cutter relationships that makes their love more palatable to society. This critique is known as "assimilation". Unfortunately, it fails with people of faith. It succeed...