I'm not saying that I'm against gay marriage. I was just making an observation about the history and acceptance of homosexuality. Personally, I'm fine with gay marriage, though from a Constitutional perspective, it should be a state issue and people should not be forced to participate (prepare food, photograph, provide venue, perform the service) if they don't want to. My policy is that, with a few rare exceptions, people should be left alone.
I'm with you on that. Sort of.
I used to be on the other side of the cake argument, but I thought about it, and I am torn on it these days.
It doesn't seem right to force a person or company to make something that goes against their beliefs....but turning away a customer from a regular business just because they're gay is pretty clearly discrimination.
If they refused to make cakes for blacks, I'd be pretty against that. So why is it okay to discriminate against gays? It seems 100% wrong to discriminate against someone over something that's out of their control.
At the same time, how can I force someone to do something that's against their beliefs?
I'm afraid I don't have a good answer for this. It's something I have pondered on for a few years now, and I think both sides of the argument make valid points that I can agree with...yet at the same time, those points are mutually exclusive.
It's a tough dilemma.
Damn if this isn't off topic. I'm going to drop this discussion from here.