(April 26, 2014 at 6:12 pm)Heywood Wrote: The argument you and others have made....is the silliest one in this thread. You know what....given that argument I think I am justified in polluting the air....because nobody is requiring that you breath. By that reasoning we do not need abortion rights because nobody forces a woman to get pregnant(in the vast majority of cases).
The baker is going to try to make a living....because human beings try to survive. The circumstances of human existence require the baker to barter his goods and services.
So, is it also slavery when the baker is forced to use edible ingredients in his food, and submit to certain health standards? Is it slavery when he's forced to apply for licensing for his premises? Is it slavery when he's taxed?
From what I can see, your argument is "making someone do something as a professional that they don't want to do is like slavery," which is a stupid argument anyway because the rules that we put in place are to stop people from making decisions that are unfair or predatory to the consumer. More importantly, when you go broad, odds are that baker doesn't really want to be a baker either, but he's doing so to fund the things he really does want to do, like continue living.
See, that's the thing: your argument is so laser focused on this one tiny issue, but it's applicable to other things and you've given no reason for why it shouldn't be applied to those other things, bar your strange "not letting us discriminate is discrimination!" attitude.
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