saintmichaeldefendthem
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Yes it is. Marriage laws were already equal, allowing any adult to marry any unrelated adult of the opposite sex. It was applied regardless of race, gender, or even sexual orientation. But you people wanted special rights, insisting that the right to marry means the right to marry whoever you want, same sex, sister, aunt, goat, whatever. Equality was not enough for you, you wanted special rights just for your little faggot group.Judges can be wrong in their one size fits all concept when making rulings and laws apply to everyone also, and as soon as people realize this, then maybe the system can be tweaked to a better level of acceptance and understanding by all that participate in society once more, and this when cases go before the courts for further review. How do you take some cases and apply that to all in the future ? Anything can be revisited and re-reviewed for better results always.Public accommodations laws are predicated on settled, accepted Commerce Clause jurisprudence, where the prohibition of businesses to deny service to a potential patron based on race, religion, or sexual orientation is necessary, proper, and Constitutional regulatory policy (Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States (1964)).Public accomodation laws on behaviors that must be tolerated and assisted/promoted vs 1st Amendment rights to the EXERCISE (an activity) of one's faith in day to day life..
Hmmm...should be interesting to see how the US Supreme Court gives weight in that question when it comes before them.
Consequently it's ignorant nonsense to infer that public accommodations laws in any manner 'violate' the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment (Employment Division v. Smith (1990)).
Business owners with an unwarranted hostility toward gay Americans motivated by an erroneous perception of religious dogma remain at liberty to practice their religion of fear, ignorance, and hate unrestricted by state public accommodations laws.
Last, the Supreme Court has already reviewed the Constitutionality of state and local laws incorrectly perceived by some to 'violate' religious liberty and determined them to be valid (City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)).
And by 'tweaking', you mean that Christians can ignore any law they don't like.
Yeah, I've got a better idea. Let's treat Christians just like anyone else.
So only gays get special rights? I see.
Having their marriages recognized isn't a 'special right'. Its an equal one.