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Why not? if prohibition against pork is a practice that is allowed under freedom of religion, then why is prohibition against supporting gay marriage (by providing anything in support of it) not permitted as part of the individual's "practice" of their religion?
Not arguing, just askin'.
OK, if you don't like that -- here's another: How about a Muslim owner refusing to serve you because you are an apostate. You asked for pork, they know you eat pork, they can't even have you on the premises.
Because one is discrimination based on product, and one is discrimination based on a person's characteristics. The government can't force you to offer a product that isn't on your menu. But if you do offer a product (i.e. wedding cakes), you can't refuse to offer one based on the person buying it.
Just hypothetically...WITHOUT HATE SPEECH.
A same sex couple, Lenny & Bill (for example) are shopping around for caterers ( etc... ) for their up-coming wedding and they meet with one business geek who tells them that because he is a devout follower of the flying spaghetti monster, he can not do business with homosexuals. OK, so Lenny & Bill must go & find somebody who will do business with a homosexual couple. Now my take on all this is that there are LOTS of service businesses in existence and I'm certain that Lenny & Bill could find somebody who is willing to make the $$$ and not worry about any religious bias, and most people (I believe) would simply let it go and not hire a lawyer & make a big deal out of it. However some people insist on making a huge stink about it because they have been discriminated. Problem here is the fact that the LAW can never dictate the intent of anyone's heart. So why bother, If I were to run a bar, and put a sign in the door saying IRISH ONLY, and if you are not IRISH don't ask to be served here, you are not welcome.
And you could go to jail for putting up that sign and enforcing it. Its discrimination, and yep, I would hire a lawyer to teach you American Law. If your open for business, you have to treat all consumers on an equal basis. What your saying is OK, would be the same thing as putting up a sig and replacing the words with for Non-African Americans Only. Its illegal...
If your open for business, you have to treat all consumers on an equal basis.
No, you do not. You can still keep ugly people out of your club.
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