You're making a lot of assumptions. I don't know the religious beliefs of the people in the stores that I frequent every day. Is that something that you keep track of?
My point exactly. And I'm speaking from the owner's perspective, not the customers.
The fact that you think it's a "war" says a lot more about you than it does about "the gays".
The fact you resorted to a genetic argument says more about you that it does your argument. Oops.
The "previous response" is nonsense.
That's it? Surely you can do better than "nonsense."
There's nothing more amusing to me than people who try to claim that they're being persecuted because they can't discriminate against gay people anymore.
There's nothing more amusing to me than people who think that a law can be used to protect only one class of people while being used to punish the other. We call that elitism and/or a double standard.
The fact that you think not discriminating on the basis of orientation is a "punishment" is kinda my whole point.
The fact that you think it is okay to use a law to subvert religious belief is my whole point also. So, it seems we've reached an impasse.
Laws "subvert religious beliefs" all the time.
Let's use Islam as an example. Do you support legalizing honor killings in the US?
How about some Old Testament Justice. Should I be allowed to murder my neighbor for wearing a cotton/polyester blend?
How dare those laws get in the way of my religious beliefs!!!