[[if as customers they respected the religious convictions of business owners imo.]]
And that is the key to this- You can NOT walk into a Jewish deli, or a muslim shop or any shop where the owners and employees hold religious beliefs and DEMAND that they violate their religious convictions-
However, Gay people are declaring that shop owner’s religious convictions amou8nt to discrimination along the lines of racism where a religious person could declare their religion forbids them from serving black folks- they are declaring that these shops are discriminating against a ‘class of people’ (ie gay people) if they should refuse to cater a wedding for them- however, being gay is not an ethnicity- it is a sinful lifestyle CHOICE that a person makes- IF it were not sinful and it were not a choice, but something they were born with and could not help- then that would be a different story- but it isn’t- it is a sinful CHOICE, just like pedophilia is a sinful choice, polygamy is, bestiality is etc etc etc, and a store owner no sooner has to pander to a pedophile demanding they cater their celebrating pedophilia than they do to a gay person demanding that they cater the gay wedding-
these types of sins are lifestyle CHOICES that people make, and as such they should own up to their SINFUL choices and take the consequences of that choice (ie: their lifestyle NOT being accepted by those who object based on biblical truths) and stop demanding that others accept it and cater to it-
As people, they have rights- but their lifestyle CHOICES do NOT have rights no more so than a pedophile’s lifestyle CHOICE is protected- this is a cold hard fact that these particular brand of sinners do NOT wish to accept- they don’t wish to accept responsibility for their sinful choice- and they want to force acceptance of their sinful choice and for their sinful choice to be protected udner the constitution and via court mandate-
> but something they were born with and could not help- then
> that would be a different story-
No it would not.
Some people are born with a proclivity for alcoholism.
That does NOT excuse their drunkenness.
What's stopping you?