Indiana Gov. signs "religious freedom" bill into law

Or, Obama has done more to advance gay rights than all the other presidents combined.

Regardless of the pandering and flip-flopping he did previously.

 

Funny.

 

Yeah. I get that it sucks.

I'm just not sure it should be illegal.

I think it's fairly obvious that you have to serve a black or gay person that walks into your restaurant.

I think it's much less clear who you should have to accept work from.

 

Don't take the rights of Muslims away:

 

OK. Sure.

But, he was a roadblock for a time. And, even at that time, he didn't face a fraction of the opposition that a couple of hicks running a pizza place in Indiana have faced.

 

At the end of the day, you're still saying a class of people aren't entitled to the same fundamental rights as you are.

 

I agree with this.

 

The difference, in my view, was he did endorse civil unions. In other words, he made the distinction between government recognition of a "marriage" and the religious sacrament of "marriage."

 

Or reverse it. Is a reporter covering an event and delivering news from that event also participating in that event?

Seems like that would mean they are participating in political rallies which might violate some papers' ethics policies.

Or, to take another tack, Boston reporters who covered the Super Bowl are owed a Super Bowl ring.

 

No.

 

Then how is someone delivering delivering food to a wedding participating in that wedding?

 

Well, I think each party has rights.

Again, what about a nudist wedding?

Are nudists immoral? Should they be discriminated against? Or should a photographer/caterer be required to work a nudist wedding?

And, again, I'm not interested in comparing the two. It's not the specifics of the event that matter. It's who gets to decide. Does the individual have the right to decline the job, or should the state define it?