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Actually I believe they legally could. Now they couldn't refuse service to the owner of said vehicle if (s)he came in with another vehicle that didn't have that paint job, but you have every right to refuse service based upon speech.
What these laws say is that if you want to own a business, you have to give up your rights to practice your religion freely. If we suddenly change the law, you now have to either give up your established business or abandon your faith.
In the movement to end discrimination against certain groups like gays, we're now advocating discrimination against religion. And many people see no problem with discriminating against religion, which is simply bigotry.
"Render unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's, and to God what is God's."
Your business is Ceasar's.
Your church is God's.
The two are separate, and rightfully so.
Jesus Christ mingled with all sorts of people; liars, theives, etc.
According to your logic, that means He abandoned His faith while doing so.
What makes YOU better or more righteous than JESUS?
You really need to be a poor business person to turn away any business.
That being said, I should not be forced to do business with those that I am uncomfortable with.
True liberty does not allow government to trample on one persons rights in order to give rights to someone else.
So in your view, it would be back to the "Whites-only" lunch counter. After all you shouldn't be forced to make sandwiches for black people or gay people or whatever group you don't like....
Owning a business does not become a justification for refusing to have as customers people you happen not to like because they are member of some group. There is such a thing as civil rights.
Seems no one has a problem in DC with the............."Black congressional caucus"
or in cities that have regular meetings of the.........." Black policemen's union meeting "
or how about a group that only wants to help advance only one race ?...(NAACP)
I don't have a problem with these organizations... My only problem is with the oppression that caused these organizations to have to be created in the first place...
The federal government classifies race and gender of the business on the race/gender of the business owners, so why can't they classify the religion of the business on the religion of the owner?
Yeah, that makes sense, whatever you think you just said.....and then allow that bigotted owner to discriminate against whomever they want! -- hey let's just throw away the last few decades of civil rights progress and go back to segregated water fountains. [Water fountains have a religion too....]
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