Quote: (06-03-2014 07:55 PM)turkishcandy Wrote:
Quote: (06-03-2014 06:48 PM)speakeasy Wrote:
Says who? So what if some Satanists decide that they want a cake with a pentagram on it. Does the Christian baker have the right to refuse that?
No he doesn't have the right to refuse. If you sue the Christian baker, you will win. Unless the Christian baker can prove in court that pentragram is obscene. Maybe he can, but in our subject homosexuality is not an obscenity in the eyes of law. So it's illegal to refuse to serve someone just because you don't agree with his views/lifestyle. Same thing with cab drivers, they can't legally refuse to serve you when it's a short ride or a rainy weather etc.
Which is absolutely absurd in anything claiming to be a "free" society. Customers can choose who to do business with for whatever reason (whether we think it a "good" reason or not.) Once you decide to be a seller, though, the government decides who you do and don't do business with. Fucking crazy.
A business transaction should be a free and voluntary exchange between two parties. A seller is "buying" money with their goods/service whenever a sale is made just as much as a customer is buying a good/service with their money.
As soon as it was established legally and socially that business owners don't have the right to freely enter (or not) into transactions, gay shit like what was described in the article was inevitable. That it's only going to get more extreme is also inevitable.