on November 11, 2014 in World News
NY Farm Owners Fined $13,000 for Refusing to Host Same-Sex Wedding
NY Farm Owners Fined $13,000 for Refusing to Host Same-Sex Wedding The New York state government has fined Cynthia and Robert Gifford, the owners of Liberty Ridge Farm, $13,000 because they refused to hold a same-sex wedding ceremony on their property. Two lesbians, Melisa Erwin and Jennifer McCarthy, filed a formal complaint with the state Division of Human Rights, prompting Judge Migdalia Pares to rule that the farm was a “public accommodation.’’ Pares ordered the Giffords to pay a $10,000 fine to the state and two payments of $1,500, one for Erwin and one for McCarthy. The issue began when… View Article
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