Should we conclude that if someone wanted to celebrate her abortion with a bright red cake, the baker would have to accept her order?
The rules are getting awfully selective about who can make a choice and what choices are permitted.
Once upon a time, commerce was mutually voluntary, or it wasn’t commerce.
Quite true.
However, there do exist people who hold sincere religious beliefs that marriage between people of different races is wrong. I've met some of them.
I personally disagree, but why should their sincere religious belief be awarded any less protection than that of the Huguenins?
That said, I think classifying the intimate personal contact required for a wedding photographer as equivalent to selling someone a meal in a restaurant is ludicrous.
Bump
No.
It is the price of tyranny.
Someone please notify all the kosher and halal butchers in America that they must start processing and selling pork.
Be sure to tell all the Italian restaurants that they must sell Chinese food.
Please let all the mosques know that they must worship Christ.
All vegetarian establishments must also provide beef, pork and veal.
All veterinarians must also provide care for humans; and likewise, all licensed M.D.s must also treat animals.
Anyone who sells Christmas cards must also sell Eid cards, and if they do not have enough muslim customers, they must provide such cards free to local mosques so that they are “inclusive.”
Women’s dress shops must also sell men’s clothing.
Toys’R’Us must also sell sex toys.
Car dealers must also sell horses, and gas stations must sell hay.
It is the price of citizenship.
Unless there were no other photographers available this lawsuit must be a purely political and spiteful lawsuit. I would guess that the homosexual couple’s wedding went forward with another photographer and this lawsuit was a purely political lawsuit designed to set president.
In today’s world where you can find someone willing to sell their services to anyone with the cash to pay for it a suit like this serves only one purpose; to punish anyone who is willing to stand up and say that there are moral absolutes and that they will publicly stand forth as say this is wrong.
The Bill of Rights is dead, while it couldn’t be more clear that the current administration considers the constitution little more than an antiquated impediment on the road to absolute power.
Congress, meanwhile is little better than a rubber stamp, and the supreme court is toothless.
The Founders are, no doubt, spinning in their graves, while Americans obsess over television with their hands out and will only vote for the candidate who promises then the most abundant freebies.
No it isn't. The guy's a thug.
Forcing people to participate in a disgusting parody that is anathema to anyone except a deviant few is "civic duty"?
BS.
And if not, please -- if you remember --- ping me when ou post Mohler, OK? He's certainly one of the most thoughtful and intelligent commentators out there.