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The first amendment also respects the right to freedom of association. This law is akin to the government forcing you to do business with someone you would rath

The first amendment also respects the right to freedom of association. This law is akin to the government forcing you to do business with someone you would rather avoid, for example to make a cake for a gay wedding that goes against your personal religion. Do you see the breakdown here? The government cannot force private parties to associate with anyone like this, especially a controversial political figure. You seem to misunderstand the basic sense of the first amendment. https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1594/freedom-of-association https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1594/freedom-of...

zackees 5y ago
Nonsense, you can’t refuse service to people who are gay or muslim. This political affiliation is being carved out as some exception. This is the antithesis of the non discrimination the US has established itself as culturally. Suddenly the left is coming out with this segregationist/apartide/cancel culture edict. I’m sorry but we had this era of civil rights where we rejected discrimination in businesses.
saurik 5y ago
> This law is akin to the government forcing you to do business with someone you would rather avoid, for example to make a cake for a gay wedding that goes against your personal religion. But, the government does do that... specifically that ;P. The baker won a single narrow verdict on exactly their facts, but the Supreme Court refused to say anything about anything else and AFAIK most courts are on the "you must not discriminate" side.
- w0de0 5y ago
  Poster mentioned it because it happened and I presume they don’t agree it was constitutional. And because it is an example in which the sort of people hoping regulate social media’s free association prove themselves to be hypocrites rapidly. Can Christian Mingle require that I assert I am a Christian? Should they be allowed to ban me if I start advocating Satanism?

zackees 5y ago

Nonsense, you can’t refuse service to people who are gay or muslim. This political affiliation is being carved out as some exception. This is the antithesis of the non discrimination the US has established itself as culturally. Suddenly the left is coming out with this segregationist/apartide/cancel culture edict. I’m sorry but we had this era of civil rights where we rejected discrimination in businesses.

saurik 5y ago

> This law is akin to the government forcing you to do business with someone you would rather avoid, for example to make a cake for a gay wedding that goes against your personal religion. But, the government does do that... specifically that ;P. The baker won a single narrow verdict on exactly their facts, but the Supreme Court refused to say anything about anything else and AFAIK most courts are on the "you must not discriminate" side.

w0de0 5y ago
Poster mentioned it because it happened and I presume they don’t agree it was constitutional. And because it is an example in which the sort of people hoping regulate social media’s free association prove themselves to be hypocrites rapidly. Can Christian Mingle require that I assert I am a Christian? Should they be allowed to ban me if I start advocating Satanism?