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Originally Posted by Robillion
Not necessarily...
That may fall in line with your first example, as if county clerks provide marriage certificates to straight couples, then yes it would be discrimination to homosexuals for them to not also provide one to them. But, the other two examples are of businesses that have decided not to provide a particular service to anyone. Not just homosexuals. Businesses should have the right to withhold their own services, but not be inclusive and exclusive to who they offer them to based off of race, color, gender, creed, or sex.
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Oh but they're skewered for it and dragged to court for proper compensation. And if the business disagrees with the employee's decisions, pink slip city.
And as for marriage certificates, it's not "discrimination" until the law first makes it legal to marry homosexuals. Then, the conscience question arises for existing employees who have to choose between their livelihood and their religious beliefs. The order makes a difference.
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"If that is their job and they are going to be able to pick and choose based on their morality, then all of a sudden they are not doing their jobs," continued Newsom.
"If you don't want to provide a marriage certificate and you've got a job that does that, then you should think twice about why you got the job in the first place and maybe you should get a new job," he added. "Talk about a slippery slope, Mr. County Clerk down in San Diego."
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