California caterer refuses to service gay wedding based on religious convictions

Kama Kaina and Mathew Rivera

Here we go again. 

On the grounds that doing so would violate her religious beliefs, a California caterer has refused to service a gay couple's wedding reception.

The Advocate reports:

On November 26, Kama Kaina contacted Janet Zimmerman Catering with a request to cater his wedding to his longtime partner, Mathew Rivera. Zimmerman, who had been recommended by the couple's planned venue in Big Bear, Calif., initially agreed. But several hours later, she sent an email expressing a change of heart because of her "Christian beliefs."

"Thank you for contacting me in regards to your upcoming wedding," Zimmerman wrote to Kaina, according to an email forwarded to The Advocate. "I really appreciate that you were honest with me and gave me a heads up that this would be a same sex marriage. I hope that you will also appreciate when I am honest with you when I say that catering your wedding would comprise [sic] my Christian beliefs and I will be unable to accept this job. I am sure that you will be able to find someone who will better suit your needs."

I realize that this is discriminatory, but after so many of these stories I'm of a mind that we should just let the community know about these folks who don't want to provide services to LGBT weddings, and then make sure we spread the word about companies that ARE happy to work with LGBT events. Make sure that the good guys get credit for their open nature.

And once we know who the haters are, leave them alone. Who wants to deal with people like that anyway?

I would like to know if Zimmerman is so devout about EVERY biblical teaching, or if it's just the gay issues that "compromise" her Christian beliefs...