Elvis-themed wedding chapels in Vegas say no to gay weddings

[theHandpuppet]

Seriously folks, you can't make this shit up.

Elvis-Themed Las Vegas Chapel Refuses To Hold Gay Weddings
The Huffington Post
By Cavan Sieczkowski
10/20/2014

One location, called A Elvis Chapel, said it would not marry same-sex couples, according to Vegas' KLAS. When a KLAS crew went to the venue, a company employee refused to open the door, saying "there is no story here."...

..."We want to follow the law," he said of performing same-sex unions. "We don't, however, for Biblical reasons believe in that. It has nothing to do with our feelings toward any people. We don't want to discriminate against any people at all. But our ministers are unable to do that at this time and we do not believe in that. ... We hope not to refuse anyone any service, and we certainly do not want to be in violation of the law. However, we do not fully know what we will do next and we are in touch with legal council."

Vegas Wed, another location offering Elvis-themed wedding packages, has refused to perform the service for same-sex couples. "My faith won't allow me," Dolly de Leon, owner of the business and a born-again Christian, told the station.

"I would be a hypocrite if I said I'm a Bible-believing person and yet I would perform a marriage that I believe is totally against God's law," de Leon, who has reportedly turned away gay couples, added.... MORE at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/20/elvis-themed-vegas-gay-weddings_n_6014550.html

[dbackjon]

1. Yet i bet she will marry adulters and divorcees

[nomorenomore08]

3. +1000

[theHandpuppet]

4. Still...

I can't imagine there's a real rush of gay couples wanting an Elvis-themed Vegas wedding. At least I hope not.

[burrowowl]

10. I agree!!!!!

[LostOne4Ever]

2. They are hypocrites regardless

Matthew 7, Straight from the mouth of Jesus himself:

7 “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.

3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

6 “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.

Ask, Seek, Knock
7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

9 “Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11 If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! 12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.

I am no fan of Christianity by a long shot, but I know the bible contradicts itself enough that you can support just about any position if you do enough cherry picking. They could easily just take the verse above as allowing them to do same sex marriages if they wanted to. They wouldn't even have to say they were endorsing them just doing a kindness.

But that is the thing, THEY DON'T WANT TO DO A KINDNESS TO OTHERS. THEY WANT TO DISCRIMINATE and they cherry pick quotes from that damned book to justify it.

[Joe Magarac]

6. Straight from the mouth of Jesus himself?

Something about the essential Christian nature of Elvis themed wedding?

[LostOne4Ever]

7. Didn't anyone tell you?

That Elvis was the 2nd coming?

Sheesh!

[Fearless]

5. It must be the sanctity of marriage they're worried about.

[Politicalboi]

9. Why yes the sanctity of marriage is important

It means as long as you are straight, you could marry your true love you just met that weekend over drinks, like Pamela Anderson did. She didn't even know what her new last name was. All behold the sanctity of marriage.

[Politicalboi]

8. But Elvis marrying a mere child

Is something to be idolized I guess in Vegas.