States Adopt Fox News' Pro-Discrimination Campaignįox News' anti-gay fear mongering hasn't occurred in a vacuum. And in each of these cases, Fox News depicted the business owners as victims whose religious freedoms were being threatened by being required to serve gay customers. In each of these cases, the business owners were found to have violated their state's non-discrimination laws. a New Mexico photographer that refused to photograph a lesbian couple's commitment ceremony.an Oregon baker that refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding ceremony.a Colorado bakery that refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception.
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That rallying cry has been largely amplified by Fox News, which in recent months has worked to tout anti-gay business owners as martyrs, victimized by gay activists seeking services for their same-sex weddings and commitment ceremonies.įalsely accusing gay activists of ushering the " death of free enterprise" in America, Fox News has highlighted a number of anti-gay horror stories in which religious business owners have faced penalties for refusing to serve gay customers: While opponents of marriage equality have long warned about businesses being forced to serve gay couples, it's only recently that the issue of protecting anti-gay business owners became a rallying cry for social conservatives. Recognizing that their decade long fight against marriage equality was quickly becoming a lost cause, many anti-gay conservatives turned their attention to an issue that they believed might offer them more traction - the religious liberty of anti-gay business owners. The Supreme Court's historic decision to strike down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 2013 left many anti-gay marriage activists reeling. Fox Drinks The Pro-Discrimination Kool-Aid After months of championing anti-gay business owners and criticizing efforts to protect gay and lesbian customers from discrimination, Fox News is finally waking up to the consequences of its fear mongering campaign - and it doesn't like what it's seeing.