Yet another Christian business owner has run afoul of another so-called human rights commission.
Timber Creek bed-and-breakfast owner Jim Walder is facing $80,000 in fines and fees after he stated in 2011 he would not allow a civil union ceremony on his property.
The inquiry was made by homosexual Todd Wathen after the state legislature approved same-sex unions, and just days after that phone call Wathen filed a discrimination complaint with the Illinois Human Rights Commission.
Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute says a three-member panel of the 13-member commission has upheld an administrative judge’s ruling against the business owner. At least two of those three members deserve scrutiny, she warns, because they include well-known homosexual activists Terry Cosgrove and Duke Alden. The third member is Patricia Bakalis Yadgir, a longtime Democrat.
“The fix was in from the get-go,” Walder complained to media after the decision.
Higgins tells OneNewsNow state law forbids more than seven people from one political party from serving on the full commission, and Cosgrove and Alden are conveniently listed as “Independents” despite their obvious bias against Walder.
The next step for the business owner, says Higgins, is to appeal to the entire 13-member commission or appeal to a court.
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Copyright OneNewsNow.com. Reprinted with permission.
Why does this business get harassed; he has the right to decide what services he will provide according to the Constitution. This is harassment and continuous demoralizing of Christian values. If there is another place they can get married, they are not being picked on or prejudiced against. This stupidity has gone far too long. The business is the the agrieved one here, not the two individuals.
Christians, we must rise up and defend our Christian values; we need to sue these people who are harassing us. Until we do, they will continue to destroy Christians.
Cause christian businesses are an affront to the rampant liberal agenda.. THAT’s why they get targeted…
To fully advance the causes of radical feminism, abortion-on-demand, the LGBT lifestyle, unfettered sexual identity, “gay marriage” and the like, the pagan Liberal left Democrats must do away with common sense, morality, Christian values and free religious exercise altogether.
Under the guise of “anti-discrimination.”
These Sodomites, will not tolerate and will attack anyone and anything not accepting and promoting their degenerate, sexually perverted lifestyle.
When are a couple of gay men going to walk into a Mosque and ask to be married? Just sayin that is a sure way to an early retirement given the litigation results I have seen.
IMO its for 2 reasons
1) In the liberal hierarchy of whom rules, Mudslimes rank just above the LGBTQ mafia, so if push came to shove, they would lose out.
2) THEY ARE scared of being beheaded! Cause unlike christians, mudslimes are NOT afraid to strike out.
In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence
At no point in that SIXTH AMENDMENT is the victim of bad law DENIED the RIGHT to a JURY TRIAL.
Likewise, NO legislated Law can force any Citizen to submit to an ‘administrative law judge’.
Since these are “Criminal Law”, ‘civil’ laws do not come with the POWER of government to enforce them.
OK so 2 of the 3 members of that commission are known AVOWED gay rights activists, and HOW WAS that not seen by the law as a conflict of interest??
OR does that no longer apply these days??
So though they make up 2% of the population, gay activists got to be 66% of a 3 person panel deciding a case for the usual gay couple wielding the wedding weapon of mass destruction against only Christian businesses, never Muslim, Hindu etc. “You MUST bake my cake, rent me your hall etc. OR ELSE….I’ll make you sorry”.
minaka
Oh dear God NO!!
I have no doubts they are loyal CIVIL SERVANTS and leave their own personal agendas at home.
They are only there to ensure that their friends are treated in the manner they think they deserve……
oooohhh looky! A flying pink elephant!
What also gets me is that we see TOO many times that people of SUCH small representation in the actual population have OVER representation on these sorts of councils and advisory boards..
ltuser
It’s called liberalism.
They pack the offices with activists, select the ‘administrative law judge’ that will do their bidding, then they go in search of a target to punish to push their agenda.
That part that makes me the maddest is the whole concept, and the REQUIREMENT that the VICTIM has to go through that kangaroo court system and effectively DENIED their RIGHT to a JURY TRIAL as well as a “FAIR AND IMPARTIAL” judge.
Then perhaps we need to STP letting them control the agenda, and start getting CONSERvATIVES on these damn councils..
ltuser December 11, 2016 at 1:39 am
Nearly ALL of these ‘committees’ are political appointments.
I doubt they have any specific expertise, regardless of the field they oversee.
As long as they promote to CORRECT AGENDA they are safe.
ltuser December 11, 2016 at 1:39 am
I prefer to just get rid of the agencies that control the committees.
All of them are filled with career bureaucrats with their own agenda and they stay regardless of the Political leadership.
Why are liberals in power so clueless about private property? If you have private property and you are not using any public funds to run your business, then you have the right to refuse providing service to anyone. That is what private is all about. If you do use public funds, then you are subject to all public laws the politicians and public administrators pass for those businesses in bed with them.
Maybe cause they don’t believe ANYONE on the right should have private property especially if they don’t agree 10000% with their agenda?
the_brigadier
There is no “clueless” involved.
The attacks are designed to PUNISH PEOPLE as well as do away with the concept of PRIVATE OWNERSHIP of Business.
GOVERNMENT is supposed to control all businesses from massive corporations to the local bread and milk stores.
The key word is CONTROL of every aspect of the lives for the serfs.
I honestly feel at times they won’t be happy till EVERY christian business (or regular business ran by someone that is christian) is shut down!
I wonder what would happen if Christian businesses moved out of these liberal progressive states and Christians just stopped doing on line or mail order (not sure that there are still any of those,) business with any companies based in them. Would there be enough liberals around to compensate for the loss in taxes? If Christians stopped banking with Wells Fargo or Bank of America, two of the early attackers on the Boy Scouts for being “anti-Gay”, would those organizations be able to stay in business? Would Levi-Straus, based in San Francisco and very pro-Gay, stay in business if Christians stopped buying their products? I no longer buy anything from any business that engages in anti-Christian actions or that is based in liberal states like New York or California. What would happen if every Christian did that?