[drjimmy]

If I visit a kosher restaurant and order a pork chop, am I being discriminated against when the waiter says they don't serve pork?

Sorry, but this analogy doesn't hold water. If the restaurant doesn't serve pork to anyone, they aren't discriminating. If they serve pork to everyone but Cal Thomas, then they are discriminating. I'm pretty sure Cal is smart enough to know the difference; he's just hoping his readers aren't.

As long as the proponents of the Indiana/Arkansas laws are upfront about the purpose of the laws, which is to permit discrimination based on religious beliefs without legal recourse, I have no problem with their arguments (though I disagree with the results). That the governors are claiming the laws are not intended to permit discrimination is just hogwash.

[Mr Rogers]

Thomas is not wrong. The more exact equivalent is requiring all Jewish restaurants to serve pork so as not to offend anyone who walks in wanting it. Or requiring a devout Jew to cater a pork BBQ when he only serves BBQ Chicken.

Can the state force you to do an overt act against your religious beliefs? If so, what religious freedom do you have?

This is all about government “discriminating” against religion and allowing the non-religious to use the power of the state against religious belief. It is 100% against what America was founded on, but it is emblematic of the godless, anti-christian state that is modern America.

[Kaslin]

Only an idiot would expect a kosher restaurant to serve pork