(July 5, 2015 at 2:05 pm)A Theist Wrote:(July 5, 2015 at 12:17 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Its not a violation of the business owners civil rights because when you open a business to serve the public you are subject to anti-discrimination laws. Their personal stance on gay marriage is irrelevant when it comes to their business and the laws that govern that business.
Why only if the interracial couple was gay? There are plenty of Religious views that promote racial segregation, why would you be against a baker discriminating against a straight interracial couple and not a gay interracial couple?
Bottom line is bigots don't get to hide behind their religions to discriminate against groups of people.
Bigot is a word that's used too loosely to attack people who doesn't agree with a particular stance of another person. It's not bigotry to refuse to bake a cake for a gay wedding, especially if gay marriages are against a person's religious convictions. I know of Christians who would refuse to recognize a straight marriage if the couple had been divorced from previous marriages. That doesn't they're bigoted against divorcees, it means that they have religious objections to divorce.
Actually bigot is the perfect word, they are intolerant of gays. They don't think gays should have equal rights I could care less if its part of your hateful religion. Just because they are using religion to deny somebody equal rights does not mean they are not bigots. Yes it also means they are bigoted against divorcees because they are denying them equal service. Its also included in the law that you cannot be discriminated against by places of business for you marital status.
