{"id":2008544,"date":"2023-08-22T18:41:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T22:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-sides-with-catholic-farmer-booted-from-farmers-market-over-traditional-marriage-views\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T18:43:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T22:43:09","slug":"federal-court-sides-with-catholic-farmer-booted-from-farmers-market-over-traditional-marriage-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-sides-with-catholic-farmer-booted-from-farmers-market-over-traditional-marriage-views\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal court supports Catholic farmer removed from farmer&#8217;s market due to beliefs on traditional marriage."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffederal-court-sides-with-catholic-farmer-booted-from-farmers-market-over-traditional-marriage-views%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2008544&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Federal Court Rules in Favor of Michigan Farmer Banned from Farmer&#8217;s Market Over \u200dReligious Beliefs<\/h2>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-announces-new-legal-team-for-impeachment-defense-after-previous-team-collapsed\/\" title=\"Trump Announces New Legal Team For Impeachment Defense After Previous Team Collapsed\">federal district court<\/a> has made a significant ruling in favor of a Michigan farmer, Steve Tennes, who was banned\u200d from participating in a city-run farmer&#8217;s market due to his \u200dCatholic views on marriage. The court&#8217;s decision allows Tennes and his farm, Country \u2063Mill Farms, to continue selling their\u200d produce at \u2063the East Lansing farmer&#8217;s market.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200d2017, Tennes was barred from\u200b the market by city officials after he expressed his adherence to the Catholic Church&#8217;s teachings on marriage, which include opposition to same-sex weddings. Despite never receiving any complaints from customers,\u2062 the city used a discretionary system to\u200c ban Tennes and his farm from participating in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Tennes and his farm took legal \u2062action \u200dagainst the city of East Lansing, and on Monday, U.S. \u2063District Judge Paul Maloney\u2062 ruled that the city&#8217;s ban on Tennes violated his \u200creligious beliefs. The court stated that denying Tennes an equal share of rights and\u200d benefits due\u2063 to his faith discourages religious activity.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth\u2063 noting that\u200b Tennes&#8217; farm is located 22 miles \u200caway from East Lansing, \u200coutside the city&#8217;s jurisdiction. In 2017, \u200dthe \u2063same <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-issues-injunction-blocking-several-directives-from-l-a-countys-new-controversial-d-a\/\" title=\"Judge Issues Injunction Blocking Several Directives From L.A. County\u2019s New Controversial D.A.\">judge issued<\/a> a preliminary injunction,\u2064 allowing Tennes to participate in the farmer&#8217;s market while the \u2062litigation proceeded. Since then, Tennes\u200d has had\u200c no issues\u2062 with his farm&#8217;s involvement in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Tennes&#8217; attorney, John Bursch, emphasized that his client serves and welcomes everyone to his\u2062 stand, never turning \u200banyone away. Tennes was \u200brepresented by Alliance Defending Freedom\u2063 (ADF), a conservative legal \u200bgroup.<\/p>\n<p>ADF Senior Counsel Kate Anderson, who argued\u200b on behalf of Tennes,\u2064 expressed gratitude for the court&#8217;s decision and stated \u200dthat Tennes and Country Mill \u200cFarms are eager to mend fences with current city officials and continue their mission of glorifying God by \u2062facilitating family fun on the farm and feeding families.<\/p>\n<h3>Supreme Court Cases on Religious\u2062 Grounds and Same-Sex Marriage<\/h3>\n<p>This ruling adds \u2062to the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-sides-with-catholic-farmer-booted-from-farmers-market-over-traditional-marriage-views\/\" title=\"Federal court supports Catholic farmer removed from farmer's market due to beliefs on traditional marriage.\">high-profile cases involving business \u200cowners<\/a> who oppose\u2064 same-sex\u200c marriage on religious\u200c grounds. In June, the Supreme Court struck down\u200d a Colorado law that would\u2062 have penalized a Christian\u200d graphic designer for refusing to design a website for a same-sex wedding that conflicted with her religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Another notable Supreme Court \u2062case from Colorado occurred in 2018 when the court narrowly \u2062ruled \u200cin \u200dfavor \u2062of a Colorado baker who declined \u2064to make a \u2062wedding \u200bcake for a same-sex couple. The court determined that the state had failed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louisiana-law-mandating-in-god-we-trust-displayed-in-every-public-school-classroom-takes-effect\/\" title=\"Louisiana law enforcing 'In God We Trust' display in all public school classrooms now in effect.\">maintain religious neutrality<\/a> in its decision against \u2064Jack Phillips, the owner\u2064 of Masterpiece Cakeshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Michigan farmer, Steve Tennes, has won a federal court case allowing him to participate in a city-run farmer&#8217;s market. The court ruled in his favor after he was previously banned in 2017 by East Lansing officials due to his Catholic views on marriage. 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