(June 8, 2018 at 2:36 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Oh, so...in order to satisfy their "conscience".,...they -don't- need to be granted the right to discriminate against gays? How are they going to accomplish it, then...and why do they keep filing suits?
I believe you are an electrician right? If so, then you should understand the concept here. When troubleshooting, and I reason to what I think the issue is, I try to isolate it, and test it to see if I'm correct. You see what the issue follows. As I had said previously (and also what I have heard from most others) is that when you isolate the person and the event, I don't agree, that you can discriminate based on the person's sexual preference. I don't think that a restaurant owner and turn away a diner, because they are homosexual. There is also the matter of consistency. I don't think that the restaurant owner can turn someone away because of they are republican or democrat, or support Trump or Clinton. The same reasoning follows. I don't think that they can turn away Trump or Hillary.
Now as I said, in the matter of a cake I'm on the fence. I certainly think that there are intricacies to be discussed, and to be hammered out as to what should be public policies. And this does extend beyond just this particular group, and even to groups that you or I may not like what they stand for. However, you cannot get into those details if you continue to misrepresent others positions.
When you just throw around accusations that are inaccurate and try to make a fake narrative, much like those who mis-use the term racist, your accusations lose power; even when they are true. So you can keep crying wolf, but eventually you just get ignored.
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If I am shown my error, I will be the first to throw my books into the fire. - Martin Luther