mdk
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Public accommodation laws.What are PA laws?Gays were never refused service. They demanded their sodomite marriage be serviced by Christians who were deliberately targeted to test new laws.Tell us one thing a Christian has forced you to do.I have no issue with religion until they start dictating how everyone else has to live their lives...
As LGBT tends to obey the vast majority of the "rules" set out by the bible, common sense rules I think both sides of the fence agree with, whey then do the religious choose to dwell upon the part that LGBT doesn't follow?
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"The dogmatically religious impulse stems from the psychological need for group identity and belonging, together with a need for certainty and meaning."
"This urge is closely connected to the impulse to be part of a group, to feel that you belong, and share the same beliefs and principles as others. And these impulses work together with the need for certainty – the feeling that you ‘know’, that you possess the truth, that you are right and others are wrong."
"Dogmatically religious people think that they’re right and everyone else is wrong. For them, religion isn’t about self-development or experiencing the transcendent, but about adhering to a set of rigid beliefs and following the rules laid down by religious authorities. It’s about defending their beliefs against anyone who questions them, asserting their ‘truth’ over other people’s, and spreading those beliefs to others. For them, the fact that other people have different beliefs is an affront, since it implies the possibility that their own beliefs may not be true. They need to convince other people that they’re wrong to prove to themselves that they’re right."
"Don’t blame religion for our problems – blame the human need for belonging and certainty." ~ Steve Taylor.
From an interesting piece on the psychology of religion: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/out-the-darkness/201206/the-psychology-religion-force-good-or-evil
I'm sure some business owners out there would like to refuse service to some people because of their religious beliefs - Christianity for example. But, according to current civil rights laws it would be illegal to do so. How is that any different than laws that make it illegal to refuse service to gays?
Uh-huh... and how is that any different that Christians being protected by PA laws?