@Real Music,
Real Music wrote:
Do you have some point to this? Is there some specific law you are referring to? Did congress pass some law you didn't like? Did the courts make some ruling you disagreed with? Was there a news story that you disagreed with or upset you? What argument are you trying to make?
I read an article recently that Pence and some others are pursuing further exploration of religious freedom, which I am for and I'm trying to engage in public discussion on the topic. I think there is a lot of misconstruing of freedom by making arguments claiming that the freedom to not support something, say public funding of birth control, constitutes some form of oppression; i.e. that one person has to pay into a fund for others' purchases because failing to do so is some kind of attack.
This defies the fundamental logic that if I do nothing for you, that is different from harming you. You may not be able to achieve certain things without my help, but that doesn't make it my responsibility to help you achieve them. It just depends on what it is. If you are starving and I have the ability to help you get access to food, maybe I have some responsibility to help you, but certainly not for non-necessities like birth-control.
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As I stated, I think that was how the supreme court had ruled on that case. I'm not sure. I might be wrong. If you agree with the ruling, what are you arguing?
Not arguing, discussing. Some people really feel that gay couples should have the right to ask a cake designer to design a gay-themed wedding cake and that the designer should be punished if they refuse and cite their religion/conscience.
To me, you have to respect if someone sees something as a sin, and not expect them to support it. Protecting people against discrimination is really important, so you have to distinguish between randomly discriminating against people in ways that have nothing to do with their sins and refusing to assist or contribute to those sins. So, for example, if someone really feels like supporting Trump is a sin, they could refuse to carry MAGA merchandise in their store but they shouldn't refuse people wearing MAGA clothing from shopping at their store, because people have a right to be treated fairly regardless of their political views.
