‘Government can’t choose to punish some people just because they don’t like their beliefs’
By Bob Unruh
Steve Tennes of Country Mill Farms (Alliance Defending Freedom)
A federal court has ruled for a Catholic orchard owner who was banned from a farmers market in a nearby liberal city over his religious beliefs.
A report from Fox News revealed that a U.S. District Court judge decided Steve Tennes, owner of Country Mill Farms, and his family were improperly “forced to choose between following their religious beliefs and a government benefit for which they were otherwise qualified.”
The fight was with the city of East Lansing, Michigan, and exploded after the city retaliated against the family over Tennes’ statement online that he followed Catholic church teachings regarding marriage.
That would mean he would not allow a same-sex ceremony on his estate.
WND has reported on developments in the case over the six years it has been in court.