but businesses will have to obey the law whether they like it or not.
The authoritarianism in your post is revolting.
The authoritarianism in your post is revolting.
This is not "authoritarianism"
The authoritarianism in your post is revolting.
The authoritarianism in your post is revolting.
This is not "authoritarianism"
If you think that businesses will not have to obey the law I predict that you will be disappointed.
But go ahead and dream.
They face a possible fine of up to $150,000, which is admittedly excessive to the extreme. They haven't been fined, and haven't lost their bakery.It sounds like his post was in support of instances like this: They Lost Their Bakery, Now Face Bankruptcy: Government
It is hard to see how the government can be allowed to force people to act against their religious beliefs just so other people feel better.
If you think that businesses will not have to obey the law I predict that you will be disappointed.
But go ahead and dream. I don't have a problem with that.
As the Supreme Court prepares to decide the future of same-sex marriage--an institution described as "newer than cellphones or the internet by one justice last year--two things are clear.
Despite this year's breathtaking string of lower court victories, the battle for marriage equality hasn't been swift or easy. To the lawyers who devised the legal strategy decades ago, the journey has been arduous, the setbacks plentiful, and the battle scars deep.
And even after the high court rules--most likely striking down state bans on gay marriage at the end of its term in June--the fight won't be over. Another clash looms over the issue of religious freedom.
Read the article here: Gay marriage, once inconceivable, now appears inevitable
It looks like this battle has reached an important point.I don't believe that the 1st Amendment will stop this from happening.
Churches will be able to do what they want to do, but businesses will have to obey the law whether they like it or not.
As the Supreme Court prepares to decide the future of same-sex marriage--an institution described as "newer than cellphones or the internet by one justice last year--two things are clear.
Despite this year's breathtaking string of lower court victories, the battle for marriage equality hasn't been swift or easy. To the lawyers who devised the legal strategy decades ago, the journey has been arduous, the setbacks plentiful, and the battle scars deep.
And even after the high court rules--most likely striking down state bans on gay marriage at the end of its term in June--the fight won't be over. Another clash looms over the issue of religious freedom.
Read the article here: Gay marriage, once inconceivable, now appears inevitable
It looks like this battle has reached an important point.I don't believe that the 1st Amendment will stop this from happening.
Churches will be able to do what they want to do, but businesses will have to obey the law whether they like it or not.
Where in the bible does it say you are forbidden to make cupcakes for a wedding?
Yes, inevitable is correct. It has been in place in Canada nationally for 15 years now and it ain't going anywhere. It has been in place in many places in Europe a lot longer that.
The SCOTUS should save Americans a decade now and also look at transgendered weddings as that's next.
No where are churches forced to perform weddings and I know of no gays who want that. Occasionally some spoiled brats go ape**** because someone refuses to decorate their cake the way they want it, but fewer and fewer people give a ****.
As the man says, you have ISIS at your back door, Al Qaeda at the side door and Putin huffing and puffing. You still have far too many people without medical coverage, a terrible economy, and the highest incarceration rate in the industrialized world along with a corrupt educational system that doesn't allow you to fire coke addled teachers.
You have a president consistently telling lies and now running a war in a highly questionable manner, a stalled congress and declining trust in government as a whole.
I would humbly suggest the gay marriage issue needs to be buried for good.
You mean you really don't know the sin of Onan? You are joking.
I agree especially with the last sentence. Businesses and government will have to recognize same sex marriage. Churches can do as they please. About the only way I see a conflict is if a gay couple tried to make a Church recognize their marriage or perform the marriage vows. In this case I believe the 1st amendment will take precedence and the church or pastor or father or preacher should not be made to perform the ceremony if they so object.
Outside of that I can foresee no problem.
I was about to say if you don't like freedom and property rights you should move to Europe.
Nevermind.
The international standard has become that no one can force a church or an individual pastor to recognize nor officially wed same sex couples. The issue here is settled as well in the commercial arena. If the rejection is on religious grounds or there are no other alternatives the service can be denied.
Sometimes you just have to sit back and let society itself figure out what's 'fair'.
I live in Europe and we have freedom and property rights.
"Tolerance is giving to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself." ~ Robert Green Ingersoll
I can't fathom the American constitution forcing people to break their religious beliefs.
Then maybe those people shouldn't have such asinine religious beliefs?
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