Hypocrite Liberals imposing their beliefs

[KevinM1]

Except America has a colorful history where people were refused service. Hence, we have laws that if you own a public business, you cannot refuse service to anyone based on their race, religion, creed, etc. The question is only whether or not LGBT should be a protected class or not.

Protected classes are required when there is a compelling state interest in interfering with the free market. The legacy of slavery was profoundly harmful and pervasive at a national level and for that reason alone made it a compelling state interest. In an age of Ellen Degeneres, I hardly see how intolerance of homosexuality comes even remotely close to racism.

Would you say pregnancy would come close?  Veteran status?  Family status?  Because those are other Federally protected classes that don't have the same vile history attached to them as race does, yet they're protected nonetheless.

Moreover, the good people of Oregon voted for legislators who deemed that non-cis gendered people should be considered a protected class.  Are you going to say that this state, exercising its state right to create a new protected class, is wrong?

The litmus test isn't a dick waving contest about who's been harmed the most, but rather if they've been deprived something based on certain arbitrarily decided criteria that has nothing to do with the service being provided.  I cannot deny you service based on your religion, for example, even though you chose that.  Do you think it's fair to deny service to others for something they can't choose, meaning sexual orientation in this case?

It ultimately comes down to immaturity.  "I don't want to help your wedding plans because I find gay sex to be gross."  Well, they're not asking for your approval.  They're not asking for you to cross swords during the honeymoon.  They just want a cake.  And since every religion has an out from sin, whether it's extra prayer, confession, cleansing ritual, or whatever else, whatever sin you think you're going to accumulate will ultimately be forgiven by your god anyway.  So, "I can't do it because I don't want to sin, or help someone else sin" is a piss poor excuse.