Mississippi passes religious 'Freedom' bill:

Originally posted by checkbaiter
Who decides what is right and wrong?

I do.
Anyone else who disagrees is a fool.

Originally posted by checkbaiter
I worked with many atheists that were disgusted with gays. You can believe what you want, we are at an impasse. Goodnight

And?
Atheists have no moral high ground.
Atheism does not give an individual any morality
The important thing is
"Can you give your belief any moral substance?"

Originally posted by wolfgang59
I do.
Anyone else who disagrees is a fool.

You have made yourself a God and committed the greatest folly of mankind to think that they can benefit by moral independence from God.

Originally posted by KellyJay
The line is
where everyone can except the same treatment which would be what is on the shelf not
what has to have to specially crafted.

Please use google translate.
Whatever your first language is - it will give a better rendition of what you mean.

Originally posted by KellyJay
Then I guess they would not feel welcome at my family's reunions.

What if the business owner in question is not persuaded by the threat of being shunned at your family's reunions?

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
You have made yourself a God and committed the greatest folly of mankind to think that they can benefit by moral independence from God.

God. Oh, you mean that man made construct we designed to fool gullible people into believing it is REAL? THAT god? But that just means mankind is the one making the morality bits not a god.

Originally posted by sonhouse
God. Oh, you mean that man made construct we designed to fool gullible people into believing it is REAL? THAT god? But that just means mankind is the one making the morality bits not a god.

actually no i mean the one that every atheist constructs for himself.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
actually no i mean the one that every atheist constructs for himself.

The only thing i construct is cheesecake.

Is cheesecake my God?

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
The only thing i construct is cheesecake.

Is cheesecake my God?

My goodness what kind of chesscake are you building there? did you get local authority panning permission and submit architectural drawings for approval?

Yes chesscake could be your God but I am more inclined to think its fruitcake.

Originally posted by googlefudge
No, that will not fly.

The standard is that you don't get to impose your religion on other people.

If your business offers a product or service and you refuse to provide that to
particular people because 'your religion doesn't like them' then you are imposing
your religion [or it's taboos] onto those people.

The people who want to introduce ...[text shortened]... vileges for religious people to get out of doing things in society that they
don't want to do.

It doesn't have to be religion, and being forced to do something against your will does not
always have "religion" at the heart of the matter.

People forcing others to do or not do something against their wills are bullying and it does
not have to do with ones faith or lack thereof.

As I pointed out, if you want to buy something I sell buy it, but I don't want to be forced to
go somewhere or do something I find distasteful. We can repeat these points again, but
they will not change anything.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
What if the business owner in question is not persuaded by the threat of being shunned at your family's reunions?

If anyone wishes to avoid people they don't like I'd suggest not going where they are.
Cannot fix that.

Originally posted by KellyJay
If anyone wishes to avoid people they don't like I'd suggest not going where they are.

Or going where they are and pretending to ignore them; except for maybe writing them a few snide messages on the wall of the toilet.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
My goodness what kind of chesscake are you building there? did you get local authority panning permission and submit architectural drawings for approval?

Yes chesscake could be your God but I am more inclined to think its fruitcake.

Sir, you are as sane as the next man. (If the next man happened to be Rasputin).

Originally posted by Ghost of a Duke
The only thing i construct is cheesecake.

Is cheesecake my God?

No. A cheesecake may indeed be your "god", but I'm fairly certain that it is not "God".

Big g, little g, big difference.

Originally posted by KellyJay
It doesn't have to be religion, and being forced to do something against your will does not
always have "religion" at the heart of the matter.

People forcing others to do or not do something against their wills are bullying and it does
not have to do with ones faith or lack thereof.

As I pointed out, if you want to buy something I sell buy it, but I ...[text shortened]... ething I find distasteful. We can repeat these points again, but
they will not change anything.

But if you truly find loving your neighbor "as yourself" and helping to ensure that they have the same human rights as you enjoy actually "distasteful" then maybe you do need to "suck it up" and "get real" about your obligation to your fellow man. That's all. None of us are here to judge.