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The rights, yes, are a cause. However, when a women walks into a bakery to order a cake, is she furthering her cause as a women? Of course not. Either are gay people.
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Originally Posted by Natnasci
LOL. This is actually quite funny. Is someone an activist because they support peoples rights? Is a male who supports women's rights, but does nothing about it, an activist?
You're going to have to define activist for me.
As for one who hates injustices, yes, I truly do.
I like you so I don't want to get into an argument with you over all the evasive red herrings and I'll bow out of the conversation now. Your answer to my last question was sufficient enough to tell me what I wanted to know. As said above, I think we'll just have to agree to disagree.
The rights, yes, are a cause. However, when a women walks into a bakery to order a cake, is she furthering her cause as a women? Of course not. Either are gay people.
Well I guess I am gay activist too, then. Even though I am the furthest thing from being gay.
LOL. This is actually quite funny. Is someone an activist because they support peoples rights? Is a male who supports women's rights, but does nothing about it, an activist?
You're going to have to define activist for me.
Why would any business want to refuse service to someone who is paying for said service... I can't for the life of me understand that at all.. Business is business.. It doesn't mean you're going to hell serving a gay, hindu, trans, woman, man, obese person, anorexic, Barney etc etc...
The funny thing is re serving gays - often times you have NO clue you're serving a gay person.. Well ok a gay wedding sure that's pretty obvious but otherwise you just don't know in most cases.
Anyway as a gay male and one who is married (we used gay/gay friendly businesses for all aspects of the wedding which isn't difficult in Toronto), I must say my partner and I have never been refused service by any business for any reason.. I've never been refused service in my life. If we were though, we'd probably just laugh and move to the next place..
Why would any business want to refuse service to someone who is paying for said service... I can't for the life of me understand that at all.. Business is business.. It doesn't mean you're going to hell serving a gay, hindu, trans, woman, man, obese person, anorexic, Barney etc etc...
The funny thing is re serving gays - often times you have NO clue you're serving a gay person.. Well ok a gay wedding sure that's pretty obvious but otherwise you just don't know in most cases.
Anyway as a gay male and one who is married (we used gay/gay friendly businesses for all aspects of the wedding which isn't difficult in Toronto), I must say my partner and I have never been refused service by any business for any reason.. I've never been refused service in my life. If we were though, we'd probably just laugh and move to the next place..
Zoiste did reflect the typical Canadian mindset when it comes to acceptance and tolerance ( hate that word ) in Canada. Most people don't stick their noses into other peoples business that far. I also think that most Canadians understand the law that protects certain groups, in the end protects us all. For that I like Zoiste.
Zoiste and I just have a different view on what people in the US should be doing.
I'm more of " lets sit at the lunch counter " and no I'm not sitting at the back of the bus type of guy.
lol - why do straight people have to say that.,.. You're married with kids its ok nobody assumed otherwise
There's nothing to it. It's just that, if someone labels me a "gay rights activist" (according to very loose definition that emerged from the discussion between Natnasci and Zoisite), then I don't fit the usual phenotype.
Was there a time in Canada when it was legal not to serve certain people?
I am not sure I'd word it in the way you did, but I'd say there certainly was a time weren't it wasn't illegal to refuse to serve certain people.
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