Wedding venue devastatingly shuns lesbian couple citing “religious beliefs”

[Dashinka 24,480]

Ok, somebody please help me out.  Where does it say this lesbian couple cannot get married at this venue?  All I can think of is that these two were some sort of activists and are upset that the venue is available to them thereby depriving them of notoriety of a lawsuit, or is it that everyone must celebrate this marriage in their hearts and soul.  I am sorry if I just don’t get it, but it sounds like these two will get their dream barn wedding.

 

Wedding venue devastatingly shuns lesbian couple citing “religious beliefs”

 

A bombshell response followed, one the women have yet to recover from.

 

“While our deeply held religious belief keeps us from celebrating anything but marriage between a man and woman, we desire to serve everyone equally and do not want to keep anyone from using our building who would like to,” wrote the venue co-owner, Amanda Balzer. “Our hearts are to serve, regardless of race, creed, color, origin, sexual orientation, gender or marital status, while maintaining our convictions and beliefs as well.”

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/weddings/wedding-venue-devastatingly-shuns-lesbian-couple-citing-religious-beliefs/ar-AA1mLOf2

[Crazy Cat 41,811]

That is an outright dishonest story, and it's a ridiculous response by the "victims".  Someone needs to show them the definition of the word "shunned". 

Edited January 11 by Crazy Cat

[yuna628 9,671]

I think there is a lot missing to the story. The barn owner is saying that they have religious objections that keep them from celebrating the union (what does this mean or entail?) but that it is fine for the couple to get married there? So what is the problem? Well, the barn owners were pretty petty here by mentioning it in the first place. So the only thing I can guess is that they would allow them use of the barn, but would not provide other things such as an on-site coordinator (which would be important), and other items which is included in their wedding package you pay for.

 

So I went to their site and for a fee (which is far cheaper than venues I know about around these parts) they'd give a couple an amazing services package for that price. You're talking catering area, cleanup, decor, bridal room, and more... anything you can think of. So if I take the article at face value they basically said "well you can use the barn... if you pay us the money but you aren't getting anything else because that would mean we're celebrating it". So I'm thinking this couple saw a dream location for an affordable price, with dream services, had their heart set on it and then got very disappointed. That could have been avoided if the location was unashamedly honest to begin with.

 

Man I wish I could have dropped a cool few thousand dollars and gotten all that for my wedding. By the end of my wedding I wanted to toss the venue coordinator off a cliff from the amount of stress and idiocy she caused. 

 

Anyway while this made a news report, and I blame the incomplete reporting of the local publication, it sounds like this couple has other options that will hopefully provide them a good experience. I know the disappointment when a venue tosses "surprises" can be crushing for any bride.

Edited January 11 by yuna628