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kleinbl00  ·  3121 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Religious Freedom - HELP ME

Yeah, still no.

You can refuse service to anyone - so long as it isn't for race, religion, color or national origin. Don't want to make a peephole bra for a 3 year old? No one is forcing you to. Refuse to make a peephole bra for a 3-year-old because her dad requires it for religious ceremonies that are officially recognized by the United States government? You're shit out of luck. Damage to your brand? NONE. You're complying with the law.

But do you see what you're requiring here? You're insisting that you have the right to refuse service to pedophiles. no shit. that's not the discussion. In fact, the act of conflating the rights of gay couples to be served anywhere wedding cakes are made with pedophilia is exactly the kind of alarmist, extremist, Godwin-esque argument that keeps people from seeing straight.

It's entirely legal to refuse someone service because you don't like their face. It's entirely illegal to refuse someone service because you don't like their muslim face. That shouldn't be at all contentious. yet somehow the 'wingers have managed to make otherwise rational people start going "I wouldn't want to make peephole bras for toddlers, therefore wingnuts should be allowed to refuse to make cakes for gay people."

This line of argument is beneath you.