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he's going to lose. The Civil Rights act ended the ability for businesses to exclude people on the basis of race (and a few other categories). That has now been extended to homosexuals. A flower store is a "public accomodation", just like a lunch counter.

Unless the state is equally willing to force mosques to hire Christian imams, or force kosher butchers to sell pork, you're just spouting the party line.

There is no basis in Christianity for racism, or for refusing to feed someone of a different race. There is every basis in Christianity for refusing to participate in a "gay wedding."

One more thing - the way this story (the Michigan doctor) was originally presented in the media sent me off on the wrong track.

I had forgotten that choosing a doctor is a very sensitive matter, and that when I chose a doctor I did not want someone of a totally secular, non-spiritual perspective.

And I assume it is the same with doctors, i.e., they prefer patients who will not argue with them, who accept the same basic philosophy regarding health care issues, and who - to a large degree - share their worldview.

So this doctor in Michigan was just doing the lesbian couple a favor, steering them to a doctor whose beliefs were more congruent with their own. And the welfare of the child was IN NO WAY threatened.

I first found out about this because a very liberal woman who is a casual friend of my girlfriend sent her an outrage-filled email, with a link to the story, regarding this matter.

The irony is that this woman is very emotional and opinionated and is EXACTLY the kind of person who would be very fussy about choosing a doctor and very quick to "fire" one who did not share her views.