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except here if they refuse they get their business shut down
I could care less who wants to get married but if a business owner does not want their business they should be able to refuse them
I thought gay marriage is not going to hurt anyone?? if a person has a religious reason then that should be honored
not dragging them off to court
this is not about their wedding pictures this is about them forcing acceptance from someone who does not accept them
good grief get over it we are going to see a lot of this bull crap
We already have seen this.
Baker who refused, reception place that refused and now photographer that refused.
That may be your personal feeling but in reality a business can deny service for anythign they so choose. A private business anyway. Well unless of course liberals get their way and have the government tell private business what they can and can't do which is happening all too often. Let the market decide their fate not the government.
The problem is gays have weaseled themselves into protected class status. To turn them down is discrimination, even a hate crime.
For the last friggin' time, we are ALL protected class status!!! Why is this concept so difficult for everyone here?? Sexual orientation as a category is what's protected, NOT being one specific orientation. For crying out loud people, read the laws before trying to pretend you understand them.
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My brother in law is 58 and is gay. For thirty years he stuck to the mantra 'born that way.' In the last month he has become reflective and openly confesses it is a choice. He was repeatedly sodomized when he was 12 by the owner of the hobby shop he swept floors in.
That still isn't a choice - it's more like emotional trauma (PTSD), which caused him to become sexually confused. Either that, or he was already gay and just coincidentally abused by a man.
You cannot compare this to someone who's gay and wasn't abused, now can you? And if it really were a choice, don't you think most would choose not to be part of a marginalized and often hated group? I didn't choose to be straight, and certainly couldn't choose to be attracted to the same sex instead. Could you? If you are capable of choosing which sex to be attracted to, that would make you a bisexual.
95% of African Americans are Democratic and voted for Obama.
73% of African Americans are born out of Wedlock.
Democrats favor gay marriage.
Pretty pathetic logic. African Americans only make up 12% of the US population, and are the most Conservative demographic among Democrats. Democratic does not mean liberal. Most African Americans opposed SSM in California's Prop 8 for example.
If this state Human Rights Act exists it is because the majority of voters in NM voted into the state's Constitution. The Photograger still has appeals to district courts and the SC.
The gay couple's marriage date should revolve around the outcome of the lawsuit they've pressed. If they're going to use the law to force the photographer to photograph gay weddings, they should be forced to use the photographer when the trial and subsequent appeals have been exhausted.
That still isn't a choice - it's more like emotional trauma (PTSD), which caused him to become sexually confused. Either that, or he was already gay and just coincidentally abused by a man.
You cannot compare this to someone who's gay and wasn't abused, now can you? And if it really were a choice, don't you think most would choose not to be part of a marginalized and often hated group? I didn't choose to be straight, and certainly couldn't choose to be attracted to the same sex instead. Could you? If you are capable of choosing which sex to be attracted to, that would make you a bisexual.
I will never understand the "It's a choice" argument. It's like claiming the Earth is flat to me. How do you voluntarily choose who you are attracted to? How does one physically get aroused at the sight or touch of another person unless their brain is physically wired to respond to that stimuli. Maybe I'm missing something, but can all straight guys just spontaneously choose to get an erection when they see Brad Pitt? Lol
People have a right to free thought, get over it! I do support gay marriage also, but not liberal tyranny.
Free thought doesn't give one the right to break the law (assuming they did in this case). As a restaurant owner, you're free to hate Jews or Blacks, but you can still be sued for denying them service.
That may be your personal feeling but in reality a business can deny service for anythign they so choose. A private business anyway. Well unless of course liberals get their way and have the government tell private business what they can and can't do which is happening all too often. Let the market decide their fate not the government.
Depends on the business. It's a violation of Federal Law (and many State laws) to deny service to certain groups depending on the business.
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