it actually is an interesting conflict when you think about it
cause with businesses clearly so far the rule of the land seems to be discrimination isn't allowed based on sex/creed/race/orientation/etc
but then again there is the precedent of religious rights. meaning a religious instution has the right to practice their religion as they see fit, so what if discrimination is part of their religion in the kind of way like abrahamic religion's views on homosexuality/gay marriage?
then surely it would be unconstitutional to force a church to give a service for a gay wedding but it's fine to force a pizza place to cater a gay wedding. but then the pizza place is owned by citizens who can invoke their own constitutional rights and say that their religious freedom is being violated by forcing them to participate in a ceremony that their religion forbids.
but then what i and others have said about the parallels between this issue and the civil rights movement of the 60's is also true, so when you think about it the really critical difference is just that the predominant religions of our time don't have texts that promote racial segregation as a part of their religious values.
if they did then religious people could just as easily use their religious freedom to start white only diners as they could start hetero-only catering services. meaning the logical solution for anyone who wants to discriminate against anyone else is to start a cult that promotes discrimination against that group.
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