What is a Jackfruit?? Anywhooo Dear Garden Guy, STARVE!!!! Sincerely, Rocket River just makes sure you drive them out of business that will end that
Well, this guy give Aggies and Christians a bad name. Here is what I don't understand. If you are like this guy, you believe homosexuality is a sin. BUT, as a Christian, you would also believe everyone is a sinner. So what makes the homosexuality any more of a sin than anyone else has. As a Christian, he should love everyone, regardless of what sins he feels they commit.
LOL That is the 1st time i have been asked that. [I was unsure if it was a forreal question or not . . it just struck me odd] If it is forreal . . . I'm black Rocket River
lol, well **** on me. for some reason i thought you were asian and it just struck me as odd that an asian didn't know what jackfruit is.
Now in the Chron... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/casey/4274630.html Oct. 19, 2006, 10:04PM We refuse to work for homosexuals By RICK CASEY It's hard to imagine that when Sabrina Farber sent out an e-mail Wednesday she had any idea what kind of firestorm it would set off. At 9:08 a.m. Farber, who together with her husband, Todd, owns Garden Guy Inc., a landscaping company on Hillcroft, hit "send" on a message that delivered a painful blow with the verbal equivalent of a smiley face. "Subject: Cancel Appt - Garden Guy "Dear Mr. Lord, "I am appreciative of your time on the phone today and glad you contacted us. I need to tell you that we cannot meet with you because we choose not to work for homosexuals. "Best of luck in finding someone else to fill your landscaping needs. "All my best, "Sabrina" 'Marriage is under attack' Michael Lord, who is building a house in the Heights with his partner, told me he had found the company through an Internet search. He liked the "before and after" photos on the company Web site. He said he didn't notice, at the bottom of one of the pages, under a photo of the Farbers and their four children, this: "The God-ordained institution of marriage is under attack in courts across the nation, and your help is needed. "Go to: www.nogaymarriage.com to take action." Lord said he filled out a form on the Farbers' Web site and received a return e-mail expressing enthusiasm for the project. He called the company Wednesday morning to set up an appointment. "Mrs. Farber kept referring to me and my wife," said Lord. "I told her it was actually my partner." One-word message: WOW He said she didn't say anything about that on the phone, but five minutes after they agreed to a Sunday appointment and hung up, he received the e-mail quoted above. At 9:17 a.m. Lord forwarded the message to his partner, Gary Lackey, with a one-word message: "WOW." At 10:01, Lackey sent the message to a list of friends, some of whom forwarded it to their friends. By Thursday, a national Internet discussion was under way. Kirsten Ott of Atlanta learned of it from a bulletin sent out by one of her MySpace friends, with the subject line: "Please read, contact them and repost!! Fight this!!" By the time she alerted me by e-mail, I had already received several others. I reached the Farbers by phone, but they declined to comment. Meanwhile, a forum on the Farbers' Web site, www.garden-guy.com, was heating up. Messages ranged from the angry-but-reasonable to the abusive. "I am embarrassed for you and your husband," wrote "Chris." "Just as you choose not to do business with us, I, my friends, my family, my co-workers and everyone I meet, will not do business with you! I have sent your e-mail to over 50 people I know and work with. These people know 50 others each ... was your bigotry worth it?" A writer who said he is a Houston architect wrote that he was glad to learn of their policy so he could avoid sending anyone to them. "Renting a billboard might not have been as effective as cancelling an appointment by an easily redistributed e-mail, and not having the God-given guts to convey your stance over the telephone." Many of the postings indicated they would boycott the Garden Guy. Some challenged the Farbers' version of Christianity. I found one that was critical of the angry correspondents. "There is more hate in these posts than in the original e-mail," wrote "Dave." "Why do you feel that we Christians MUST accept you? Don't you find it ironic that while you demand in one breath that we give up our position that Homosexuality is a sin worthy of hell, that you condemn us to that very place in your next?" A few posts were crude. Perhaps that's why the Farbers removed the "forum" feature from their site about midday Thursday. When I last checked, there were more than 60 messages viewed by more than 4,000 visitors. Were I posting, I would commend the Farbers for standing by their principles in an age where money trumps all. They might, however, consider climbing up one more rung on the moral ladder. They should refuse to do business with all sinners. You can write to Rick Casey at P.O. Box 4260, Houston, TX 77210, or e-mail him at rick.casey@chron.com.
I'm surprised that we're surprised by Mrs. Garden Guy. She is in the majority. The nation as a whole does not support gay marriage. Sure, she will lose some business but most people don't care either way. How else does that explain state constitutional amendments being passed throughout the country? Mrs. Garden Guy and her group are vocal and vote while we (not right wing nutjob straight people) don't give two craps. Only one state, MA, allows gay marriage and even then you have to be a MA resident (and other restrictions). The DOMA says no other state has to recognize another state's marriage. What happened to full faith and credit? We're too complacent to be shocked IMO.
Off to the D&D we go.... The whole gay marrage thing is what some philosophers call the tyranny of the majority. You have a whole bunch of heterosexual people, who are only periphrially concerned with Gay Marrage deciding that somehow the fact that they don't like the idea of gay people being married is grounds enough to use the power of their ballot to keep it from being legal.
