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1
They're excluding a large portion of their potential clientele, something a proprietor relying on rental income couldn't do. Imagine how long a Days Inn franchise would stay in business if they enforced rules like these.
2
I wonder if a couple that divorced but remarried to each other again can stay there.. How about remarried widower ? That's sinful to them too ? Fuck 'em
3
"one man and one women." Uh huh.
4
So given that they're going by "God's definition" of marriage, can I bring all three of my wives? If it was good enough for King David in the Bible...
5
So no prostitutes, then.
6
Do they want to see death certificates for no longer living spouses, as proof? Or can potential-but-divorced renters just lie? God will know they're lying, and smite 'em, right? One night of not truly married conjugals in that special king size bed, and they come down with a plague of boils. God will see to it.
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@2 - I thought it was pretty clear that they consider a divorce to be invalid, but a widowing to be legit. Therefore, a couple divorced and married back to each other is fine, and so is a remarried widow.

@4 - Pretty sure that's what they mean by "one man and one women".
8
I wonder if they verify on reservation. And ask for a background check. Because, there's only one type of sinful marriage you can verify by sight.
9
Scott Peterson, when he marries again, will be able to stay there.

I wish they described the dungeon, though.
10
@5

I think if you're a dude and the prostitute's your wife, you're okay, so long as neither you or her were previously divorced.

It sounds like if only one is divorced and the other is in the first marriage, then the couple would be excluded, which sounds unfair to the one for whom it's a first marriage.
11
Honestly, the comments on the site are full of smug, holier-than-thou judgment against gay people. It's certainly a lovely little safe haven for bigots everywhere.
12
Please keep us updated on their inevitable bankruptcy.
13
It does make you wonder what measures they have in place to ensure that "inappropriate" straight couples don't slip in there somehow. As pointed out, there's only one type of couple that can be excluded on sight. I bet the others are on the honor system.

And there's got to be some sort of joke in there about their denomination. Something like "She had how many Mennonite?!"
14
They do need to make one minor correction. Should be "our definition of marriage" not "God's definition."
15
How old is this couple? Are they old enough that any significant number of their children are married? And are they all going to be married for life to the same person?
16
"We ask that unmarried and divorced and remarried couples with a living spouse do not apply please!"

So if you are divorced but your ex died later you're good?
17
At least they're being consistent and holding straight folks as well as The Gay to an unrealistic and highly derived standard.

@14: Yup. The law regarding marriage is that divorce is okay, but Kohanim (priests) aren't permitted to get married to divorcees, since they're held to a higher standard of purity. (To this day, there are Orthodox Jews in Israel who complain and protest whenever someone with the last name Kahn or Cohen or Cohn wants to marry a divorced woman.)
Under Mosaic law, a husband can divorce his wife under certain circumstances, and a court can order a man to divorce his wife at her request under certain circumstances. If memory serves, if two people get married and then divorced, they're not allowed to remarry to each other unless one of them has since been married to and then divorced from someone else. (I know that's how it works under Islamic jurisprudence.)
The ban on divorce is a later, wholly Christian, addition to the law.
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"Entertainment
Books:
Many marriage and intimacy titles also DVDs you can watch on your laptop"

Gee, that sounds like a blast.
19
Jesus did make an exception for divorce on the grounds of sexual immorality.

So just tell 'em your ex-wife was a slag I guess?
20
Will they also be monitoring which "one man and one woman for life" appendage(s) get inserted and/or rubbed upon which "one man and one woman for life" orifice(s)?

21
@4, @14 God's definition... Let's see.... The Bible is full of marriage-by-conquest, too. That's where your menfolk slaughter a neighboring village and kidnap all the nubile young women for wives, or as we like to call it in our society, murder, kidnap, and rape.

Elizabeth Smart, the young woman who was kidnapped in Utah and taken as a "wife" by a religious madman, was afraid to escape and resigned to her fate for many years because her religious indoctrination taught her that having lost her virginity, she was worthless to her family and community.

So, fuck that type of religion. And the holier-than-thou pricks who stand on it.
22
@17

I think under Islamic law, a couple can get divorced once, get back together, and then if they divorce again, they can't get back together a second time. I'm not sure that there'd have to be different marriages in between, though.
23
I just emailed them and ask if a remarrying widow can stay. They responded saying only if both were widows or the others' previous spouse is dead. Unreal.
24
Wait, didn't Dan marry a lesbian coworker some years ago? If they're still together, they could book the room. Or did they have to file for divorce in order to get gay married?
25
A "little stone cottage" offered by people with a little Stone Age mentality. Makes sense!
26
@15: Considering that they sound like Conservative Mennonites (so even more Mennonite and conservative than regular non-Conservative Mennonites), my guess is that all 11 of their children will get married young and stay married for life. Because in those communities, it doesn't matter how awful the marriage is, how much he beats you, you don't leave. You may pray to God every day that he gets struck down in a hunting or farming accident ... but you will NOT leave him.

Or you will leave the church. And then you can divorce him.
27
One of the activities listed is "groceries." Let the party commence!

The hot tub is clothing optional. You can watch the horses and buggies go by while you sit nude in the hot tub, making your grocery list.
28
@16,

If you remarried after your ex died, presumably so. The Christian prohibition against divorce is more a prohibition against remarrying after divorce (while your ex is still living), at least if you're going by what Jesus is quoted as saying in the Bible.
29
Where's lolo? Honey, we simply must book that place for our anniversary. We needn't worry about their silly restrictions: I'll go in drag!

I'm thinking a kind of wacky, Mennonite, La Cage Aux Folles weekend. You make the reservations, I'll find my wig and feather boa, and then let the madcap, Anabaptist hijinks commence!
30
The thing is that these sad fools probably won't go out of business. There are enough people who either agree with them or who just don't care that they discriminate against other people to keep them afloat. Clearly this isn't a hotel, just one guest house they rent out for extra money. Keeping one cottage rented out isn't like trying to keep a hotel full of paying guests.

As far as I know Pennsylvania has no laws preventing discrimination in housing and accommodations, so I doubt that this is illegal.

The way the ad is worded it's like the very act of renting this cottage out is to take a swipe at people they don't like.

Fuck 'em. They will probably do fine, but if they did go out of business I won't shed a moment of worry about them.
31
COMFY DOES NOT HAVE A P IN IT ROMAN AND LUCY
32
If while staying there you discover that your helpmate in holy matrimony has committed adultery (say, by lusting after another in their heart), you will find that all the necessary stoning implements have been conveniently provided!
33
@31 - They abide by God's definition of compfort.
34
Actually, yes. They're limiting their customer base and therefore their revenue. How many people would be bigots if they had to put their wallets where their so-called principles are? (I suspect we'd also have fewer of them if they had to live the strict lives of Mennonites.)

Jesus's ideas about divorce should be remembered in context. Back then, getting divorced was like getting fired. The man had most of the leverage and the woman had almost none.
35
@33,
You mean, God's depfinition of compfort.

pfixed it pfor you.
36
I like the hot tub is clothing optional. I guess that is okay as long you were with your brother's wife.

If they want to go into the rental business, they need to read the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
37
Yes, it really does say, "One man and one women," (yes, women, plural). Last I checked, that was pretty Biblical.
38
Hey I give them points for consistency. That is if they really hold straight people to the "one man and one woman for life" thing.

Years ago, my partner and I listened to a sales pitch for an expensive vacuum cleaner (one that cost over $1,000) because we were promised that if we listened to the pitch, we would qualify for a free weekend at a time share. After the pitch we got the paperwork for our free weekend. Only we didn't qualify--because this was in the 1990's, and only legally married couples were allowed to redeem the free weekend.

I must have missed the biblical passage about Yahweh not allowing adulterers in timeshares.
39
These folks get my standard answer for this type of behavior. Same sex couples should make a concerted effort to reserve substantial blocks of rental time, which is to say, attempt to give these folks large sums of money, which their religious convictions then require them to turn away.
40
Read the reviews. Unfortunately, they won't be driven out of business anytime soon. It's just one cottage, not a Days Inn, and there are plenty of people who fit the definition happy to go there and keep it running.
At least they're consistent.

I suppose a straight couple that doesn't fit their definition of "married" could pass themselves off as meeting the appropriate criteria and stay there as a subversive act, but I'd sure hate to give them my money, and I doubt I could enjoy myself, given the large amount of bile I'd be producing.
41
I grew up with Amish and Mennonites and this makes me remember how horrible life is for LGBT kids in that community. It's even worse than the Mormons' abuse of their LGBT kids. For those kids, it doesn't get better, it gets worse either by living a lie or by being shunned by everyone you ever knew if you leave the church. Or like many do, you kill yourself and make it look like an accident so the family won't be shamed. Out of eleven kids, the odds are one of them is living hell on earth.

These people are not quaint and they are not godly. They are bigots of a very mean sort.
42
@40: A straight couple that doesn't fit their definition of "married" could pass themselves off as meeting the appropriate criteria and stay there, and then enjoy hosting a pansexual orgy and post photos online.

But if there's going to be bile sharing, it should only be between people who are fluid bonded, as God intended.
43
In America no one had to submit their religious beliefs to the Danny Savage HomoLiberal Smell Test.

In the Qunited States of Gaymerica, however, all religion must be approved by the HomoFascist Thought Police.
44
Hey, at least they're broadcasting their bigotry. In places where this bullshit has been made legal, I think it should be mandatory that businesses include their discriminatory practices in all ads and signage, so the rest of us can keep our filthy lucre out of their pocketses.
45
@43 It seems to me that the ones forcing people to take a religious test are Roman and Lucy.
46
We are repeat customers of this beautiful property and we refer our married friends as well. I believe God will continue to bless them for following his rules. I don't believe they have any shortage of guests based on the fact that we often aren't able to be accommodated for last minute trips because they are already booked. I respect the fact that they are looking to provide a haven to married couples and pray God's richest blessing on them in the future.
47
We are repeat customers of this beautiful property and we refer our married friends as well. I believe God will continue to bless them for following his rules. I don't believe they have any shortage of guests based on the fact that we often aren't able to be accommodated for last minute trips because they are already booked. I respect the fact that they are looking to provide a haven to married couples and pray God's richest blessing on them in the future. I have been richly blessed on my trips and I pray you and your spouse will give it a try, you will also be refreshed.
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@46, 47: Capitalize "His" when referring to the LORD, you disrespectful heathen.

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