A businessman should be able to choose his customers, just as a customer ought to be able to choose a business.
If I want to rent out part of my home as an apartment, for example, I shouldn’t be forced to rent to anyone at all. The fact that the law now requires that is why I will never have an apartment in my house.
“for no other reason than they’re different.”
How about because they violate what I believe are God’s laws?
Should a wedding photographer be forced to support gay marriages? Should I be forced to rent property to someone I think won’t be able to pay, and who I think will likely damage the property?
“A businessman should be able to choose his customers, just as a customer ought to be able to choose a business.
If I want to rent out part of my home as an apartment, for example, I shouldn’t be forced to rent to anyone at all. The fact that the law now requires that is why I will never have an apartment in my house.”
But at the same time, if you’re going to publicly advertise to the public that they’re welcome to rent your house, but restrict certain parts of the public, then it’s false advertising. It’s like if I opened up a family restaurant and then refused entry to divorced men and women, citing my personal beliefs about divorce. If something’s open to the public, which all businesses are, you’re in business because the market and the public has a demand for a certain product and you decided to tap that market. Unless you’re running a private club or a church, you have no right to refuse anybody from buying your particular product. If you’re using resources that the public pays for like roads, the electric grid, currency and the sewer system, then not only are you falsely advertising your product, you’re also using the electric grid, the sewer and water system and the public roads to falsely advertise your product. Simple as that. Again, you’re not in business to promote your beliefs, you’re there to sell your wares and services for publicly minted currency.
“for no other reason than they’re different.”
“How about because they violate what I believe are God’s laws?”
You should read Lk. 6:31; Matt. 7:12., Matt. 22:39, Eph. 2:14-22 and Gal. 3:28. God created ALL people in his image. A Christian wouldn’t discriminate. BTW, nice red herring you threw up there. I mentioned nothing about buggery or homosexuality.