Michigan Farmer: I Am Fighting for My Kids’ Religious Freedom

‘It’s about our freedom, we have children — ‘

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SMITH: “Steve, can you tell me what’s at stake here? Obviously, you’re saying you’re fighting for your family’s religious freedoms. What is it at stake economically for you as well, because you have since stopped performing weddings in general on your property.”
TENNES: “Actually, in December of last year when we realized the city of East Lansing wasn’t satisfied that we had temporarily stopped booking future weddings, we ended up — we are continuing to practice our faith and we are hosting wedding ceremonies in our backyard at our home orchard. That’s based off our faith, and it’s our faith that has inspired my wife and I to lovingly serve all the people at our farm and the farmers’ market whether they are employees or customers. We treat everyone with respect, including those of the LGBT community. That is specifically why the city of East Lansing posted last year on their Facebook account, and I quote, ‘We love Country Mill.’ We’ve served everyone. We’ve always been open to that." 

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