Steinlight
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Well, you haven't read the Bible. I know, you aren't a Christian, but before you make such pronouncements, you should actually check out where the Bible condemns homosexuality. Romans, Timothy and Corinthians are a good start. Paul is particularly hardcore against homosexuality, and say they cannot enter heaven. The idea the bible doesn't condemn homosexuality is ridiculous. So as Christians, they aren't to participate in sinful acts like homosexual weddings.I don't see anything in the Bible against two people of the same sex getting married and I see nothing prohibiting baking cakes other than during Passover.Enabling sin, in this case, participating in a sinful ceremony is prohibited by the Bible. Pretty clear in 1 Timothy 5:22 that Christians are not to enable sin.A wedding cake is not gay sex and is not prohibited in the Bible.The Bible, in both the new and old testament, prohibits homosexuality. Is this the new revisionist stance you are taking, that prohibition of homosexuality has no biblical basis?Not if your reason is because it offends your religion since there is nothing in the Bible prohibiting baking cakes unless it is during Passover.No, not in any sense.
If I own a bakery, should I be allowed to not serve a gay wedding?
Beyond being an issue of the exercise of freedom of religion, it is an issue of freedom of association, regardless of the reason given for not choosing to associate with a person.
The fact is you don't believe in free association. Its one thing to say you think people should be forced to bake cakes for gay weddings, or serve gay weddings in other capacities other the law, but you don't believe in freedom or the idea of "live and let live". Don't piss down my neck and tell me it is raining.
But the fact remains, you don't support free exercise of religion or free association. Not only are you violating someone's religious liberties, you are violating their basic right of free association. In a free society, regardless of the reason, as sovereign individuals, we have the right to associate and disassociate with whoever we cant, because we are sovereign and own ourselves.
Furthermore, there are many people committing other sins besides gay sex and I don't see any religious bakers denying them a wedding cake. Selectively citing religious infringement only against gay marriage, which isn't a sin, is nothing more than discrimination hiding behind religion. That's not allowed in Oregon which is why Sweet Cakes lost the lawsuit.
But yes, I am fully aware that freedom of religion and freedom of association do not exist in Oregon. America is not a free country.