My Beliefs revisited

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People have been forced to participate in gay marriage ceremonies despite their personal religious beliefs.

Thanks for the laugh, McG. Really.

When people start getting desperate enough to make an argument like that one...especially with that link...it does tickle the funny bone.

We didn't find cases where people were forced to participate against their will. However, if vendors refuse service, there are consequences. There are 21 states that forbid discrimination based on sexual orientation. Vendors who refuse service there could face legal actions and fines.

The "jail" part of Perkins’ claim is an exaggeration. We couldn’t find any evidence that a vendor had been sent to jail or that any legal authority had threatened jail time. In some states, if a business owner loses an anti-discrimination case and refuses to comply with an order, the owner could face jail, but we found no evidence of that ever happening. One state, Colorado, specifically took action to remove the threat of jail.

We rate this claim Half True.

Why would i try to support claims which i consider ludicrous? Why would i try to support your claims when i consider them invalid?

You did give me a chuckle, though, with the "drive past his grave" schtick. I was talking to one of the guys i worked with once, and i said that Belgium was a major arms manufacturer (which is true). This nasty clown we worked with interrupted to butt in and say: "You'd better not tell that one to Sonny, he's been to Belgium." So i said to him: "So are you claiming that means he knows everything about industry in Belgium now? I suppose if you drove through Detroit, you'd claim you know everything about the auto industry, huh?" Really, McG, that was priceless.

Frank Apisa wrote:

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People have been forced to participate in gay marriage ceremonies despite their personal religious beliefs.

Thanks for the laugh, McG. Really.

When people start getting desperate enough to make an argument like that one...especially with that link...it does tickle the funny bone.

Quit trying to force your anti-religious thoughts on me Frank.

I see that you just can't let go of the invidious personal comments. Talk about lowering oneself.

Special knowledge? I didn't claim that.

That's interesting considering I drive past Bellamy's grave every time I visit the grave yard. You'd think I'd know what the Pledge of Allegiance said when it was written and from the parenthetical comment I made I would have thought you would have noticed that I paid homage to the original Pledge.

(Which is really more the opposite with it's inclusion into the pledge...)

I play to the level directed at me Set.

So, you can't think of even a single specific instances where the government forced someone's lack of religious beliefs on someone else?

Not even one?

I gave this some thought, and these are all stretches because it's a hard one but.... (Remember I am just attempting to rise up to the challenge here...)

And thanks for playing fair and recognizing that these examples are stretches.

People have been forced to participate in gay marriage ceremonies despite their personal religious beliefs.

Some photographer in I think it was Arizona didn't want to photograph a gay wedding. He was either forced to do so or pay "damages" to the couple.