If they ask you to host an event, even for only two people, you can refuse to support it.
I admit I don't see the difference and it strikes me as a pretty hypocritical. But still I agree that they should have the right to stand by their religious beliefs.
A black restaurant owner may serve lunch to a table of clansmen, but if they want to use his banquet room for a KKK meeting, even if only the same four show up, the first amendment allows him to exercise his free speech and religion by refusing to support the event.
I don't see how that applies because I don't see the religious connection in there.
Religious, political, moral, association. Any apply. An Atheist restaurant owner should be able to refuse to host a Catholic event if it is against his moral principles. That is the genius of the 1st amendment. Individuals are allowed to choose based on their own sensibilities and moral code, with the government preserving that autonomy regarding how you live your life.
If they ask you to host an event, even for only two people, you can refuse to support it.
I admit I don’t see the difference and it strikes me as a pretty hypocritical. But still I agree that they should have the right to stand by their religious beliefs.
In instance one, they are there to eat. you are not sponsoring or hosting anything. You are supplying human beings with food for a price and you don’t care what they believe or talk about at their table.
In instance one, you are hosting an event that has as its purpose something you are morally or some other way against. You should have a right to refuse to allow your facilities to be used for it.