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So, what if one’s religion doesn’t let you sell cakes to Infidels, or Jews, or blacks? Why does religious beliefs get get out of jail free cards but other sinc
by cromwellian 8y ago
So, what if one’s religion doesn’t let you sell cakes to Infidels, or Jews, or blacks?
Why does religious beliefs get get out of jail free cards but other sincere beliefs, like say in Socialism or Environmentalism not get similar deference?
For example conscientous objection in the US used to rely on religous beliefs and it would be hard to avoid going to war by asserting your opposes to it for rational secular reasons.
The law should apply equally to everyone no matter your internal beliefs or how offended you are at something. Atheists can’t object to laws on ththe grounds they find something deeply offensive and against their morals, so why do Christian bigots get to do so?
- PurpleBoxDragon 8y ago>So, what if one’s religion doesn’t let you sell cakes to Infidels, or Jews, or blacks? They court will rule against you. In this case, the bakery didn't refuse to serve them, but refused a particular service it didn't offer to anyone, gay wedding cakes. The question was, given that they offered a straight version of that service, should they be forced to offer the gay version. But even then the ruling is narrow enough it likely won't be applicable to a similar case in the future.