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Old 12-07-2017, 03:36 PM   #87
Jim in CT
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Originally Posted by DZ View Post
That's my point Spence. If someone finds something offensive they have a right to refuse. Offensive is a "relative" term to each individual.
But if he refuses to make a penis cake for anyone who might enter his shop, he isn't discriminating against anyone. In this case, he is treating one class of customers very differently. If his basis for doing so is bigotry, that's illegal. If his basis for doing so is religion, the constitution protects that. It's sort of a specific kind of discrimination, that we have to tolerate if we pretend that the constitution means anything. If it only applies when everyone agrees, we don't need it.
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