Arizona lawmakers pass anti-gay bill

[Mr Khan]

SocialistSlayer said:

the2real4mafol said:
Wow, new segregation!
What is actually there problem with LGBT? I though Republicans especially were against "big government" and yet when they can use it to hurt minorities they do it. Hypocrites!

As long as LGBT people harm no one, they should be allowed to do what they want. It's there bodies.

Also, surely there are bigger issues out there than gay people.

this is the opposite of big government, it allows businesses to volunterly do business with whom they choose, just as customers are allowed to choose with whom they do business with or not. (well mostly, they are not forced to buy health insurance against their will, but thats beside the point)

 

this law came about with multiple cases coming up of business having to do things against their consious. Especially the story of the Christian bakery that was forced to shut down, because a gay couple sued them, because said owners of bakery didnt want to violate thier religuous beliefs and bake them a cake for their wedding. another being a flourist company being sued because she didnt want to provide flowers for a gay wedding. Or the photographer who didnt want to take wedding photos of a gay couple. 

Why should these businesses be forced to provide a service in which they dont want to. Forcing labor is slavery. If those gay couples wanted those services, they could easily go to a competing business and recieve said service. .

As for your 2nd a 3rd paragraph, your statement doesnt really make any sense or relevence to this story. Neither this news article, nor the law even adresses what gay people can do. It has nothing to do with what gay people can do with their bodies.  Did you even read the story/law?

If you can't conduct business in a non-discriminatory way, then you cannot conduct business. It's fairly straightforward. You're baking a cake, it's not like you're officiating the wedding or something.

Ideally, though, that Christian baker should have stated their distaste for it and recommended a competitor who wouldn't mind. However, the customer being always right (like the lady at work yesterday who insisted she couldn't go to another gas station to cash her lottery ticket even though i only barely had the money in the drawer to cover it, and told her so), if they insist on getting the service you'd rather not give from you, then you are bound to do it if they are a legally protected class, and you *should* do it on a matter of the principle of being a good businessperson.