| thismeintiel said: It's interesting to see those lashing out against "bigotry" be so bigoted towards religion. We don't even have real examples of people turning gays away, unless you want to count the ridiculous case of a woman getting mad because a certain baker wouldn't make her a wedding cake (even though there are probably dozens of bakeries in that area who would, the baker offered to find another one who would, AND the baker had made things for them before), yet it's so easy to label others as bigots and haters and they deserved to be hated. Yet another example of the "open-minded" actually being closed minded, as their opinion is the only correct one and the other side needs to MADE to agree with them. No debate. Just name calling. Also another example of people focusing on Christians like are the scum of the earth, but ignoring the true examples of hatred towards gays. I mean sure, let's focus on a gay woman being politely turned away when she wanted a wedding cake, while we ignore the fact that countless gays are being thrown off buildings in some Arab countries. Hell, they're slaughtering the Christians, too. But those damn Christians, am I right? |
1. It is perfectly reasonable to oppose a law in principle of what is represents and consequences it could have before seeing said consequences.
2. I do agree with you about labeling groups such as conservatives and religious with a broad brush. The friend I know who is most upset by this law is a devout Christian. Religion does not define people from my experience.
3. The issue here is we live in a country that celebrates and champions our progress of being increasingly equal over time. No one wants to go back to segregation or slavery or genocide or denying memebers of society rights.
4. To flip your argument, let us say a state came up with a law allowing businesses to deny religious people into their establishment. Would you oppose it or state that it was open minded to allow people the freedom to discriminate?
5. Being upset about one injustice does not mean you ignore all others. Also, as upset as we might be what goes on in other nation's, we have far more ability for real change within our own borders. We can't force other cultures to adapt our beliefs through force. Best we can do is offer an example of a society that is appealing in part to being progressive and tolerant of people.
