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Originally Posted by Villages PL
Last night I was listening to a program on NPR about all the lawsuits that are coming about because of religious people refusing to provide services to gays who are getting married. For example, a baker refused to provied a wedding cake with two women on top. He said it would be against his religion. Sorry I don't remember all the different circumstances. Another one was a limo service.
It has been said on this thread, in favor of gay marriage, that people should "live and let live". Where is that attitude on the gay side? Instead of suing someone because the person happens to have strong religious convictions, why don't they just say "live and let live"? They could say, "thanks for your honesty, we'll find another baker". Or, "we'll find another limo".
"Live and let live" should be a two way street.
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But... it certainly wasn't okay for people back in the day to refuse to serve/provide services for African Americans because they were black. Live and let live was not right back then. It allowed discrimination to thrive. There was a lot of work and protests and lawsuits on their part to get this changed.
Maybe the reasons for the lawsuits now are the same--to establish and protect rights, define them through the law.