tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997761876150491695.post414367702818025156..comments2023-09-01T05:55:24.063-06:00Comments on Gay Mormon Man / PriesthoodMen: No gay rights or Mormon rights this year in Idaho!cal thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473563294369008876noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997761876150491695.post-52352410758260520222015-02-01T10:00:19.742-07:002015-02-01T10:00:19.742-07:00The thing about the wedding cakes is that if you b...The thing about the wedding cakes is that if you bake a cake for a wedding, you're essentially supporting that wedding. I refuse to show support in any way shape or form for the marriage of two people of the same gender. Though you do bring up a double-standard that should be eliminated. If I owned a bakery, I would try to find an atheist partner or something who could bake such cakes with no religious qualmsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997761876150491695.post-74942081467696953582015-01-31T11:56:31.762-07:002015-01-31T11:56:31.762-07:00This is a question that I have had myself. Is it ...This is a question that I have had myself. Is it part of anyone's religion to dis-allow a person with a different color a product or a service? Or respect? <br /><br />Is it a matter of religion to deny a person who looks soooo much better in heels that you ever will a chair in you business? It has never been. I hate a culture that feels it has to legislate kindness and civility, but here we are. I say, go ahead and legislate it at this point. Open up the respect issue to include everyone. Then forget the silly law and love and respect others regardless of their funny underwear or their misspelled tatoo.cal thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473563294369008876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997761876150491695.post-6944355141758032952015-01-31T03:32:19.404-07:002015-01-31T03:32:19.404-07:00I have no problem if language is added that people...I have no problem if language is added that people cannot be fired or denied housing based on their religion. Fair to everyone. But I do have a problem with a carve out for people to deny LGBTQ people service at a public business or institution because of their relgious beliefs. Where does that stop? If the white owner of a public restaurant has a firm religious belief that black people and white people should not mix, should they be allowed to ban black people from their restaurant? How about a deeply conservative right wing Christian who thinks Muslims are evil (like the ones who berated the peaceful Muslim group at the Texas State Capitol this week.) If they own a bakery open to the public, okay for them refuse to bake a wedding cake for a Muslim couple on religious grounds? Are you really comfortable with a religious carve out for such kinds of discrimination? If yes, why? If not, why then is it okay for LGBTQ people to be treated like this at a public business or institution? Should we allow a Mormon business person to require customers to produce temple recommends to determine if those he publicly sells to are "worthy" of his goods or services? Does it really offend my religion if I sell something to a law abiding customer in a business open to the public, even if I do not agree with the private beliefs or conduct of that customer? I have never heard of a Christian baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a couple who had sex before their marriage, or a Catholic baker not making a cake for divorced people getting married again (which has to offend their religious beliefs). It seems like only wedding cakes for gay people suddenly raise a relgious issue. If the religious standard is not fairly applied to all, then seems to me it is more about plain old prejudice than religion. And plain old prejudice should not be alowed in a business or institution open to the public.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14364484623565981392noreply@blogger.com