a gay couple came to her, asked her to give artistry to their gay wedding, she said i can t do that. they have been customers of hers for years, she said i don t agree with gay marriage i can t do that. now they re trying to take her homes, they re coming after her, trying to take her business. by they i mean the government in washington state because she doesn t have a right as a 72-year-old grandmother to say i love you, you re my customer but i don t agree with gay marriage and i can t give you my artistry. same thing happened to a young couple aaron and melissa klein with a cake shop. melissa does these beautiful cakes. was asked to do a cake for a gay wedding, and said in good conscience i can t do this. now they have been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars, have five small children, had to give up the business. this is the part of the story people are not hearing. let me read a statement regarding angie s list that the american family association released, your organization
the states. and if you are in mississippi or other states, then you should respect the state s ruling on the matter. and of course, bush is far too tolerant for conservatives like brian fisher of the american family association who is incensed that he has hired staffers who support gay staffers. but the bottom line here ladies and gentlemen is that jeb bush is pro-gay. jeb push be has come out unapologetically as an advocate for the homosexual, andly tell you that this disqualifies jeb bush from consideration for the gop nomination. i think that there is no conservative, there is no conservative who can look at these hires, and say that jeb bush is the guy who going to be representing pro-family values as the president. joining me now is josh barrow, the correspondent for the upshot of the new york times, and josh, this is going to be interesting how the circle
the response. this american family association event hosted and headlined by louisiana governor bobby jindell for january 2 hth, to help people prepare for that big rally in january, the organizers of the response, the american family association, they put out a prayer guide, which i should tell you is just the same prayer good they put out for the rick perry event in 2011 in texas. the prayer guide for this event blames the tragic events of hurricane katrina on abortion, on homosexuality being embraced as an alternative lifestyle, on same-sex marriage rights and on pornography being available on demand tru the internet. because of that stuff, because america has strayed from foundations in christianity, hurricane hit louisiana. that s the prayer good in baton rouge.
american family association are how republican candidates have to start their runs for president. events like this are going to keep happening somewhere. they re good for something, aparentally. joining us now is professional kevin cope, the chair of the lsu systems council. thanks for being with us. appreciate your time. thank you very much. i ll try to warm up after all of those chilling excerpts. i feel like we keep this sort of scary jukebox sort of things that american family association folks have said in the past. you ve got to sort of roll it out as a remind r. governor jindel s staff said when he start getting questions, oh, listen, we didn t read everything e everything on the web site. we re not exactly sure how this was read. i think that the reception has been very chilly, indeed. and i might say the fact that the governor has not read the
but that homosex you soldiers, basically, had to limits in the savagery and brutality they were willing to imflikt on whoever hitler sent them after. he surrounded himself x virtually all of the storm troopers, the brown shirts, were male or homosexuals. so rick perry was the headline speaker for those nice folks and their event in august, 2011. and what amounted to the kickoff campaign in his run for president. it was a prayer rally at reliant stadium in houston. endorsed by the really right wing of the religious right and hosted by this mississippi group called the american family association. if you ve heard of the american family association, it s because this very quotable guy, who you just saw, is their national spokesman. alternative religions to