the waker wrote:
That is true, but at the same time are we not creating hate by forcing someone to perform or act against they're beliefs?
Religion aside, does she not have any rights afforded to her, or are all rights deemed " knull and void " depending on the opposition?
I mean, I ll be damned if I would want to be forced to work for somebody I don't like for any reason.
Although, I would hope my reasons would be for more reason than this incident.
When I used to build furniture, queers were some of my best customers, but thats me, and it didn't really bother me.
At the same time everything wasn't so damn politicized back then either, thus my question, do the actions taken against the Florist, breed more hate?
That is true, but at the same time are we not crea... (
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Waker - I am a staunch pacifist. Should I be able to reduce the amount of Federal taxes I pay by a percentage equal to what our wars cost as part of the national expenditures? I don't bellyache about that. I pay my taxes. As I have said before, the price of entry into Democracy is that we must sometimes accept things with which our personal beliefs do not completely align. The florist, as an example, is perfectly free to not do wedding flowers. What she cannot do is wedding flowers for some and not for others based on her personal beliefs. That is called discrimination, and has not place in a peaceful, civil world.