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7. it's not necessary for a religious belief to be written in religious text. however,

Fri Jan 19, 2018, 08:12 PM

Jan 2018

as a practical matter, religious texts can provide evidence that the claim of religious belief is sincere.

but in this case, it doesn't matter if every single page of the bible said not to bake cakes for gay people because no religious text is the law of the land.

and the law of the land says your rights don't extend to the point of interfering with other people's rights.

come to think of it, *that* actually *is* in many religious texts, sometimes known as the "golden rule"....

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