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Earlier this week, news broke of a North Carolina-based florist announcing (Five days into LGBTQ+ Pride Month, for that matter) the business wouldn’t provide services to LGBTQ+ identifying customers.
“We do not endorse treating anyone unkindly because they identify with the LGBTQIA+ community because we too, fall short of the righteous demands of God,” some of the post reads. “However, we believe that feeling shame or guilt may actually be a call to reconciliation with God, and because we believe this feeling may be an effectual call to some to repent and place their trust in Christ Jesus who met all of the righteous demands of God in His life, death, resurrection and ascension, we do not service LGBTQIA+ couples.”
The post, filled with references to Bible verses and Christian scriptural texts, cites the business’s supposed Christian morals as the reason for not servicing queer, trans and gender-nonconforming couples.
To read more about the community’s response to the post, you can click the story below.
NC floral shop Soirée Pines refuses service to LGBTQ+ couples
Five days into LGBTQ+ Pride Month, Southern Pines-based florist business Soirée Pines posted on the store’s Instagram and Facebook pages, announcing the establishment refuses to provide services for same-sex weddings.
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