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Originally Posted by iruinedyourday
Its not like these are new laws.
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Many of these laws are quite new, and the discussion is partly about whether or not more should be created.
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Gays being able to exorcise their rights the say way their non gay friends do, is not all of the sudden exploiting the system.
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No one is preventing anyone from doing anything. The groups in question are absolutely free to pursue their own desires just as the merchants should be free to pursue their own desires. I find it interesting that the Colorado bakery has since shut down as a result of the law suit. If the goal of the suit was to acquire cake and prevent harm, it failed since the supplier in question was shuttered. How has the closure done anything for the plaintiff's "harm"?
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Someone who thinks that they're loosing their freedom because they want to be a racist prick
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The freedom of association is a deeply rooted part of American constitutional jurisprudence. Compelling speech is absolutely the loss of a right.
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to a customer because of the color of the customers skin or sexual orientation
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Race is a constitutionally protected class. Sexual orientation is not a protected class and is, therefore, not subject to strict scrutiny. It instead receives rational basis review. The legal standards on discrimination between race and orientation are extremely high. The two cannot be used interchangeably when talking about American legal policy.