Is trans trendy now?

@kilroy70 said

You seem to have a fair amount of natural intelligence, so what's the problem?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
As a reasonably intelligent fellow, I think a person's sexuality shouldn't be a factor in whether or not a baker decides to sell them a cake.

That's my view, as a reasonably intelligent fellow.

@FMF said - do you support the hundreds of laws that have been passed across numerous conservative states
in recent years that seek to discriminate against, harass and demonize trans people
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Well, obviously, I would have to judge each law on an individual basis, but the way you make them all sound,
I doubt I can support such laws. You may ask about any specific law now, if you like.

Also, I am a Libertarian and I believe in freedom. And what that means here is that a person can do
whatever they want on their own property. My stance there usually gets the socialists excitedly against 🙂

@earl-of-trumps said
Well, obviously, I would have to judge each law on an individual basis, but the way you make them all sound,
I doubt I can support such laws. You may ask about any specific law now, if you like.

Also, I am a Libertarian and I believe in freedom. And what that means here is that a person can do
whatever they want on their own property. My stance there usually gets the socialists excitedly against 🙂

@kilroy70 said
So why was it a factor for the gay couple?
There are at least half a dozen other bakeries that would have gladly filled their order. So why did they go to the one bakery they knew was not sympathetic to their lifestyle? Out of all the bakeries they could have gone to, why that one?
It doesn't take an Adrian Monk to solve this mystery. All it takes is a scant teaspoon of common sense.

@kilroy70 said
So why was it a factor for the gay couple?
There are at least half a dozen other bakeries that would have gladly filled their order. So why did they go to the one bakery they knew was not sympathetic to their lifestyle? Out of all the bakeries they could have gone to, why that one?
It doesn't take an Adrian Monk to solve this mystery. All it takes is a scant teaspoon of common sense.

@divegeester said
Surely it’s illegal to discriminate in your ridiculous country?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
A scant teaspoon of common sense would lead a chap to atheism and away from such discriminatory behaviour.

@divegeester said
Can you name a few of “the hundreds of laws that have been passed across numerous liberal states in recent years that seek to discriminate against, harass and demonize christians and republicans” ???

@kilroy70 said
Discrimination based on what, your own firmly established atheism?

Using your logic, if a white couple set out to disrupt a company run by blacks, you could accuse that company of discriminatory behavior (based on race). Is that really the sort of pandoras box you want to see opened, not just in the US or UK but anywhere and everywhere?

I know, I know, a lot of questio ...[text shortened]... nd it difficult to believe you are okay with predatory behavior in some instances but not in others.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
There is nothing predatory in asking a bakery to make a wedding cake, nor is it the customer's job to research the religious values of the baker. And you are presuming the couple sought out a Christian baker to cause an issue, rather than the far more likely scenario of a Christian baker allowing their faith to discriminate against a gay customer who rightly felt aggr ...[text shortened]... ogled 'non-Christian bakeries?' And would every Christian baker acted in such a fashion? I doubt it.

@kilroy70 said
I'm not presuming anything. It was confirmed by an acquaintance of the couple who came forward and said they intentionally targeted the Christian business. He was personally offended by their actions, and was worried over how public perception of this event might impact the gay community.

@kilroy70 said
And what of yourself? Do you support the hundreds of laws that have been passed across numerous liberal states in recent years that seek to discriminate against, harass and demonize christians and republicans?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Have you provided a link somewhere to this example you have given?

It rather sounds like you are making it up as you go along.

@kilroy70 said
And what of yourself? Do you support the hundreds of laws that have been passed across numerous liberal states in recent years that seek to discriminate against, harass and demonize christians and republicans?