Indiana Gov. signs "religious freedom" bill into law

Is his freelance business set up as a corporation where he advertises his services to the public, a la "Jim's Nuptial Organ Music and Such" or is he someone who takes his freelance gigs via word-of-mouth? Also is he uncouth enough to tell the same-sex couple "I can't do your wedding because you're gay" instead of "sorry, my schedule is full?"

 

Let's assume he doesn't advertise, but let's also assume it's a small town so likely as not his side gig is pretty widely known.

Let's assume he simply says, "I'm terribly sorry, but I just can't participate in your wedding. I wish you two all the best, though, and if you need some help finding someone suitable to play, I'd be glad to help you with that."

 

Seriously Rags ... You'd do well to dial it back. As I understand it you're not a believer, so maybe you can't process the idea that it actually might be a heartfelt conflict. That Jim might indeed be stuck between a figurative rock and a hard place. That he might be willing to lay down his life for either of the two participants yet still be unwilling to participate in their wedding. That, indeed, it is possible that the hour of their wedding would be the only hour of their lives during which he would treat them differently than anyone else.

It's not as easy as you're making it out to be. At least not for everyone. A touch more modesty in the face of that reality might suit you much better.

 

No, I mean you might exhibit a bit more modesty with respect to your monopoly on morality. Put simply: Your reason is likely not as infallible as you seem to think.

 

Just so we're all on the same page, the Bible verse so often used to oppose homosexuality (Leviticus 20:13) also calls for those engaged in the "abomination" to put to death.

Leviticus 20:13 KJV - If a man also lie with mankind, as he - Bible Gateway

 

Actually, it's the Pauline passages -- Romans 1:26–27, 1 Corinthians 6:9–10, and 1 Timothy 1:8–11 -- that are the most troubling to those Christians who oppose homosexuality/same-sex marriage. Plenty of Christians work around these, mind you, but these are the ones.

 

You are absolutely correct. Those are rough ones as well. I was going for the maximum impact of the explicit death sentence.

 

Not only is it "not pizza," it has no place even relatively near a conversation about pizza.

 

Not being able to get a pizza in Rome is a bit like not being able to get snow in Buffalo. Ludicrous.

 

The "protections" the left is screaming for from this law didn't exist in the previous years since the federal RFRA went into effect in 1993, so I'm thinking there should be a ton of examples of Christians oppressing LGBTs to which our friends on the left can point -- particularly in troglodyte Indiana. Anyone up for posting links to these hundreds of slights?