RE: Indiana's Govenor Signs 'Religious Freedom' Bill
April 3, 2015 at 7:37 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2015 at 7:40 pm by Heywood.)
(April 3, 2015 at 7:29 pm)Polaris Wrote:(April 3, 2015 at 7:22 pm)Heywood Wrote: 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.
I'm a progressive and don't hold to that belief. I believe forcing people into adopting or even expressly accepting a particular lifestyle is wrong.
This is the only thing I know about your positions so I would classify you as libertarian.
People should be free to behave the way they want unless there is a real compelling interest otherwise. When society as a whole begins to deny gays access to goods and services, that could be a compelling interest. When it is just an occasional baker or photographer that doesn't want to service the gay community....that isn't a compelling interest.
Forcing an individual baker to service a market segment that is being serviced is simply imposing your morality on him or her.
