Christian Florist Says She’d Deny Service to Gay People, but Not Adulterers, Because...

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58. This is why this law is just really really stoooooopid

Growing up in a fundie household, while I disagree with them, I can understand their thinking. Politicub in response misunderstands. Its not that the Christian business is celebrating with them, its that they believe the are endorsing gay marriage by facilitating the event. That they are then accomplices in a first degree sin.

But why this law is stooooooopid is that a business could have already cut their own throats, refuse business to a gay couple for a wedding. It happens all the time, say in dating. A person who is asked out by someone that they don't want to go out with can say...sorry I'm busy..or....I'm gay(!)...or make up something else. This pizza place can simply say...sorry we are so busy we don't think we can handle a wedding order...or some other excuse. If they want to throw money away because of some ancient book its their prerogative. (Though I suspect that most floral or food businesses where the owners call themselves Christian actually WOULD cater a gay wedding, and convince themselves that they were not endorsing it but only that it gave them a chance to witness or show God's love or make up anything in order to get that $.)

What is different is this law opens up the possibility that a business could deny even selling a slice to any effeminate looking male, or a masculine looking female. Or deny service to anyone wearing a hijab, or a kippah. Or any reason they can find an excuse for in the Bible. It gives encouragement to bigots.

But face it, most businesses would not deny a slice of pizza to a polite customer who happens to talk a little funny or look a little off to them, because money rules in business. That's why I think all this law does is advertise the fear and bigotry of the religiously indoctrinated mind. Its an unnecessary and stupid move. And that's why there is a silver lining to all this. Their overreach has only highlighted their sexism and bigotry when they didn't have to and did it only to appeal to their anti-American bigoted base.