I've been rolling this through my head now for a few weeks. As a business owner I feel we have a right to set our own rules for our private enterprises. But the courts have ruled otherwise.
I view our issue of being one about rights, not guns. I place it on equal footing with speech, press, religion, etc.
So think about this. A pastry business was approached to make a cake for a gay wedding. They refused on religious grounds. They were sued. The court fined them and told them they HAD TO honor all requests.
Having a gay wedding is not a Constitutional right, nor is being gay a protect class when it comes to discrimination. So ask yourself this. If someone walked into that cake shop and said, "Hold on, let me pray to Allah about which cake to get", and then said a quick quiet prayer, could they have been thrown out for praying? Could there have been a sign outside that said 'No praying allowed'? How about, "No politics spoken in our store"? You get my point. What if they kicked anyone out wearing a turbine or burka?
Would those be legitimate cases of discrimination and would they be discriminating if they refused to serve them or allow them in for that matter? If it is discrimination then why aren't WE being discriminated against or violated when we're not allowed in certain businesses?
I'm just trying to attack this from the PC crowd's perspective, but only sort of. I guess anyone can trespass anyone for any reason, but if that's true then why couldn't the cake makers trespass the gay wedding folks?
I view our issue of being one about rights, not guns. I place it on equal footing with speech, press, religion, etc.
So think about this. A pastry business was approached to make a cake for a gay wedding. They refused on religious grounds. They were sued. The court fined them and told them they HAD TO honor all requests.
Having a gay wedding is not a Constitutional right, nor is being gay a protect class when it comes to discrimination. So ask yourself this. If someone walked into that cake shop and said, "Hold on, let me pray to Allah about which cake to get", and then said a quick quiet prayer, could they have been thrown out for praying? Could there have been a sign outside that said 'No praying allowed'? How about, "No politics spoken in our store"? You get my point. What if they kicked anyone out wearing a turbine or burka?
Would those be legitimate cases of discrimination and would they be discriminating if they refused to serve them or allow them in for that matter? If it is discrimination then why aren't WE being discriminated against or violated when we're not allowed in certain businesses?
I'm just trying to attack this from the PC crowd's perspective, but only sort of. I guess anyone can trespass anyone for any reason, but if that's true then why couldn't the cake makers trespass the gay wedding folks?