(November 30, 2013 at 5:04 pm)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote: And that's the key.This is why I hate when this issue comes up, because for some reason everyone forgets how to argue and just defaults to saying "well, it's against the law".
Fair enough, it's against the law. Nobody here is denying that, so there is no need to bring it up. The people here arguing in favour of private businesses being allowed to discriminate are arguing for why the law should be changed. A proper response to that argument is not "it's against the law, so tough", it would be a counter-argument which tries to convince us why the law should remain.
Honestly, no laws would ever get changed if people argued the way people have been in this thread.