(April 3, 2015 at 7:14 pm)Polaris Wrote:(April 3, 2015 at 6:52 pm)Chas Wrote: But they can't necessarily easily find the goods and services they need. They will be unfairly burdened by that.
This is just Jim Crow again.
Really? Doesn't this usually work against the owner instead of the consumer who can shop at an establishment that would glady welcome their business?
For businesses, discrimination has an opportunity cost attached to it. In the case of the baker, his/her gross sales will be lower because he doesn't bake for gay weddings. This isn't enough punishment for progressives. That baker must conform to their will or he simply won't be allowed to engage in his business.