[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]sufiandy wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]sufiandy wrote:
[quote]dmaddox wrote:
[quote]H factor wrote:
Churches should be allowed to allow gay marriage or not allow it in their halls. It should be entirely up to the church. The government has no business in it. [/quote]
I am glad we both agree with this, but it really is not a far stretch for the government for force it.
Why you say? Lets look at the ACA/Obamacare. They are forcing Religious Institutions to buy contraceptives for their employees. Not churches, but Religious Institutions. For Example Catholic Charities, Catholic Hospitals, and the like. It is against their dogma to allow contraceptives, but the government is forcing them to. Do you see why I am cautious about it?
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What about businesses not hiring someone because they are Gay, or serving them in their restaurant? Do you think the government should force that?[/quote]
No.
This:
Is BS.
This:
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2013/September/Flower-Shop-Owner-Sued-for-Refusing-Gay-Wedding/
Is BS. [/quote]
Do you have the same stance if it was race?[/quote]
The only protected classes are based on Race, Religion, Age, Sex (Male or Female). Now if a business is forced to serve a Same Sex Couple you can step on Religion. The case of the Christian couple that own a bakery and do not want to make a cake for a same sex couple based on their Religion. The question is will the Government step all over the first amendment to force Religious Business Owners to cater to same sex couples. In a Free Market system people can vote with their money. If the people in this community want to buy their cakes somewhere else then they can and this business might go out of business. The government should not force this issue though.
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This could hurt heterosexuals and their relationships too, though.
Think of it: many Mississippi restaurants stop serving gays.
Gays leave Mississippi.
The Smiths, a newly-married heterosexual couple living in Jackson, buy a new house to start their life together.
They hire an interior decorator. One that isn’t gay (because no gays are left).
The interior decorator does a horrible job. (He isn’t gay.)
The stress of living in a visually repulsive environment is the back-breaking straw on the camel of their marriage.
He asks for a divorce.
She cuts his testicles off in the night.
And now this straight man has lost his testicles.