Illinois Christian-Owned Bed and Breakfast Fined $80,000 for Refusing to Host Gay Wedding
The owner of the Christian-owned TimberCreek Bed and breakfast are going to have to pay the $80,000 fine after a three-member from the Illinois Human Rights Commission composed of Commissioners Patricia Bakalis-Yadgir, Terry Cosgrove, and Duke Alden declined to review the earlier recommendation of Judge Michael R. Robinson. Judge Robinson found that Jim Walder, who owns the B&B declined the civil rights of Todd and Mark Wathen after he refused to have their wedding on his property.