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Firstly, on the facts: The bakery that refused the gay couple actually won the supreme court case. Secondly, in your example you're comparing a protected class
by Traster 8y ago
Firstly, on the facts: The bakery that refused the gay couple actually won the supreme court case.
Secondly, in your example you're comparing a protected class with a non-protected class.
Thirdly, let's do away with the idea that government is apolitical. There are things that the government makes value judgements about, that's not a bad thing. The government can decide that some groups deserve protection more than others - for example, that being Gay is a part of who you are, whereas voicing particular political views is a choice.
- pesmhey 8y agoThirdly, let's do away with the idea that government is apolitical. There’s also no fighting in the war room!
- iamnothere 8y ago> The government can decide that some groups deserve protection more than others - for example, that being Gay is a part of who you are, whereas voicing particular political views is a choice. Indeed, a government could in theory do this. A government could refuse to take action when banks refuse to accept customers with particular political views. A government could allow "redlining" housing practices against people with particular political views. A government could cut off police services to people with particular political views. Barring legal and constitutional restrictions (which these days are very "fluid") a government can do almost whatever it wants to do until it meets pushback from its power brokers. Just because this could happen, doesn't mean it should. Modern civil society is based on the notion that non-criminals are entitled to some degree of participation in society, even if they are disliked. If you take away that foundation, society will quickly become paralyzed by violence. I personally would like to live at least a few more decades, so I'm not too eager to see where that road takes us.
- perl4ever 8y ago"Indeed, a government could in theory do this. A government could refuse to take action when banks refuse to accept customers with particular political views. A government could allow "redlining" housing practices against people with particular political views. A government could cut off police services to people with particular political views." Rightly or wrongly, a lot of people perceive the complainants here as being the sort of people who like to call this the free market when it happens to others.
- someguydave 8y ago“Gay is a part of who you are, whereas voicing particular political views is a choice.” Can you prove either one of those statements?