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Originally Posted by Guest
In regard to this statement:
A couple is fined $300,000 plus because they said they would not bake a cake for a gay wedding. A farming couple from upstate New York are under heavy attack because they refuse with their part time wedding business to all a lesbian couple to be married.
In both of these cases the "Business" made a religious freedom claim as the basis for refusal of service. Under US law if you are a business for public accommodation then you cannot that claim. All of us should understand that given we all went through the Civil Rights fight in the 60's. Your religious freedom stops at their civil rights....that's the simple truth.
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You have hand selected one sentence from an entire post which covered not only a few examples, but an entire thought process.
Would love to hear what you think about the entire subject.
For the record, yes.....need to follow the law, absolutely. Almost half a grand in fine seems a bit hefty but it is what is,
The point, and I am not the OP, but the point is how ALL of our commerce activities are being affected by activist activity. I think he was speaking of the legalizing of marriage between people who just a few short years ago were breaking every states law, and whose marriage was opposed by the President of the United States 3 years ago. The swift movement was a result of unrestrained activist activity in our government. The President did not simply wake up one morning in the last 3 years and oppose it nor did Hillary Clinton. Suspicion is that the activists in California pushed hard with the threat of "no more money" and there are links I could give but they would simply be made fun of.
BUT PLEASE do not be so insulting as to compare this to the 60's. The act of gay folks was illegal and still is in most countries of the world, the President and ALL candidates for office were against it 3 short years ago.
THIS does not even compare in any way at all to the century old fight for civil rights that reached a crescendo in the 60's and it is a bit insulting to suggest that it does.