PredFan
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- Oct 13, 2011
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and in your book the weight of the government must be brought to suppress the religious convictions of a business owner, instead of the purchasers finding another supplier for a non-critical, easily obtainable item.
and lets be hones, you only care about the human rights of ONE party, to you the Christians in this situation should submit or fuck off.
At least be honest about that.
People have a right to their religious freedoms, but those rights do not extend to discriminating against others in matters of state commerce. Otherwise, a religious business owner could deny services to minorities based on religious "convictions". We saw that in the south for hundreds of years until the civil rights act put a stop to it. The state not only has a right, it has a moral obligation to protect its citizens against human rights violations.
I feel my human rights have been violated by your post, the government should shut you down. Why is this different than what you support with fascist like glee?
That's pretty much the kind of "right" you would give to religious business owners - the right to discriminate against people you don't like when conducting business. Not only is that bad business (as Indiana is now finding out), it is a can of worms that will invariably backfire and cause untold civil strife. If you, as a religious business owner, can deny gays their right to conduct business in your state, then Jews have the right to discriminate against you when conducting business, and Catholics would have a right to deny you the right to buy their products. And you would have a right to discriminate against African Americans or Asians simply because doing so hurts your "religious sensibilities". And it becomes a sectarian free for all. This is what the founders tried to avoid when writing the Constitution, bubba. Careful what you wish for.
See, you a problem with that, I see people finally being honest with each other. The market can handle it, government has no business getting involved with something as petty as wedding cakes.
When it came to the South during Jim Crow, the discrimination was systemic, government enforced, and targeted at crucial business services and products used by a large number of people.
Two gays having to go to another baker for a cake, or another photographer for pictures does not elevate to that level.
And with this ridiculous law, it will become systematic, government enforced, and targeted against anyone you religious bigots declare to be offensive to your faith. Wft is it with you people, anyway? Have you joined teams with ISIS, or what?
Incredibly ignorant bull shit.