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Why on earth would somebody object to arranging flowers, or catering, or photographing....a same sex wedding?

Because they're opposed to gay marriage?

It's not refusing somebody based on their homosexuality, but rather a service/event.

Here’s the thing.

I certainly understand a florist might not want to cater a same sex wedding.

But most of us agree that to deny serving a hamburger to someone based on their sexual preference is just plain wrong.

I’m saying this is a very vague situation here and again, I assert that there are probably very few businesses turning down money for refusing such service.

Just a hunch on my part.

so the media and the gay lobby get all on a big horse and neigh bejeesus over the one or two businesses that are so devoted and frankly guys, it seems like a no-deal to me.

Now I know that RFRA was passed federally and by many states. But it’s become a sword to spear Republicans with and it’s so unimportant in the scheme of things.

By having Pence and the Arkansas Governor get up there all sorry like....it’s just bad, bad, bad dynamics.

The Republicans need to find a way to walk away from all this, but not by holding press conferences and murmuring how sorry we are.

Again, I’m conflicted and troubled.

" It's not refusing somebody based on their homosexuality, but rather a service/event."

If they hold themselves out to the public as providing the service -- they list themselves on the internet, or in the phone book or post a sign that says, "We cater weddings!", then it means, "We cater weddings!"

AFAIK there is no requirement (yet) that that the neighborhood baker, florist or photographer do weddings, but if they say that they do weddings, then it seems logical to think that it means that they do weddings.

BTW I have no doubt that what happened to Memories Pizza was a setup. The "reporter" must have asked the florist, and gotten the answer: "Sure, we'll take their money!", asked the baker, and gotten the answer: "Sure, we'll take their money!" and asked the photographer, and gotten the answer: "Sure, we'll take their money!"

They probably needed to go fairly far down the chain before they got someone to take the bait and got the answer they were looking for.

Who on earth has a wedding catered by a pizzeria????