Americans forced to take pictures of gays getting married

[Ben Kenobi]

Yes. Yes I do.

If they don't do Catholic weddings or whine about them or generally look like they are less than enthused, I will find someone who is happy to take my business. I will ask my Catholic friends for recommendations of Catholic wedding professionals before I even step into the car to drive out to one to discuss what we want. This is how capitalism works.

Will I sue the photographer and try to put her out of business? No. I'll simply take my business elsewhere.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Good for you.

You asked if I thought it would upset you, and I do.

[Ben Kenobi]

Is the Libertarian talk you do so often a troll? I'm really asking.

It couldn't be his sincerely held belief? Wow. Liberals are real close-minded.

[Ben Kenobi]

You asked if I thought it would upset you, and I do.

Why would it bother me to take my business elsewhere? What, am I going to throw a gay hissy fit over it? No. It will be one phone call. "We have found a different photographer".

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

It couldn't be his sincerely held belief? Wow. Liberals are real close-minded.

You really don't understand why you're a pariah, do you?

I was really asking.

Also?

[Ben Kenobi]

You really don't understand why you're a pariah, do you?

One of us is throwing a hissy fit here.

[Buster Crabbe's Uncle]

Ben, I really try not to counter-troll the ludicrous/imaginary things you say to/about me, but:

A.)

And B.) again,

Because yes, it does indeed look that way.

[Kidlicious]

I don't think about this much, honestly, but it is too about discrimination - that's the whole reason.

If I was a baker, I'd bake the KKKake and take the KKKash, as long as they didn't require me to put any offensive statements on the KKKake. Takes all kinds, man. -I've actually invited a few conservatives to my forum specifically because they were conservative and the few already in place were so outnumbered; we're a bunch of commies, by and large. Diversity is good.

If you want to bake a KKKake, and you like diversity so much you like having the KKK around you knock yourself out with that. The KKK has the right to have cake. I just shouldn't be forced to make it. I really don't give two cents about diversity. Don't Tread on Me. Now there's a good principle to live by.

[molly bloom]

Is there some background to this thread, or has Kid finally gone off his rocker completely?

'Finally' ? What 'finally' ?

[molly bloom]

Fair is a place where pigs compete for medals.

And what, you're sad because even with lipstick on you never won one ?

[Ben Kenobi]

Ahh, it gives me pleasure to see Kidicious quote "don't tread on me".

[molly bloom]

One of us is throwing a hissy fit here.

Just not a gay one apparently. You're so predictable.

[Sava]

My bad. I figured that since BU was rambling about theocracy that the case was about religion.

Theocracy doesn't have anything to do with religion. That's just the specific vehicle for man to control and exploit.

[Ben Kenobi]

I find it odd that the only ones who ever use the term are atheists.

[Sava]

I find it odd that the only ones who ever use the term are atheists.

Yeah. Religious people never talk about theocracy:

Pope Benedict XVI said in his first encyclical, "God Is Love," issued January 25, 2006, that the Roman Catholic Church has no desire to govern states, and that the church should maintain independence while fighting for justice with a spirit of love.

Significantly, the pope rejected the notion of theocracy, stating, "The church cannot and must not take upon herself the political battle to bring about the most just society possible. She cannot and must not replace the state. Yet at the same time she cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice."

"The state may not impose religion, yet it must guarantee religious freedom and harmony between the followers of different religions," the Pope said, in the 71-page encyclical. "For her part the church, as the social expression of Christian faith, has a proper independence and is structured on the basis of her faith as a community which the state must recognize."

http://www.talk2action.org/story/2006/1/25/13243/7567