I believe it's wrong to force this church to wed gays, profit or non-profit. But, I'd like to start off by pointing out some incredibly absurd statements. (Apologies in advance for not quoting names - I'm lazy.)
I have a question for people that represent the homosexual population in terms of rights. Why do homosexual partners who seek to become married think it is okay to pressure people into marrying them knowing full well what their beliefs are to begin with?
Most homosexuals believe churches should be allowed to refuse service to whomever they want. The reason this particular church is being forced to wed gays is because of an unintended side effect of a bad law meant to cease discrimination against gays from other services such as restaurants and shopping centers.
This is why I personally do not support anti-discrimination laws. If we want to end discrimination, we shouldn't achieve this means through force.
its the war on Christianity.
No, it's a war against discrimination. Don't misrepresent people's agendas, even if you disagree with them. They don't care who anyone worships or how. Many of them just want to make sure they aren't discriminated against. Whether it's right or wrong doesn't change the fact that this is the goal of many pro-gay rights activists (but not all).
Personally, I disagree. I feel businesses should be allowed to choose who they serve and don't serve, whether we personally agree with them or not.
And nautilus, it has nothing to do with discriminate. It is gays who are seeking out people of christian faith and pulling this garbage just to cause trouble.
Again, wrong.
Your personal views on homosexuals is based off of your Christian views. So when someone attacks you views on homosexuals, it feels like they're attacking your Christian values as a whole. Please, learn to avoid this kind of flawed thinking! Just because someone is attacking your views on homosexuality doesn't mean they're attacking your Christian views as a whole!
they sure won't go to the local mosque and pull this stuff.. only Christian's get attacked by the homosexual mafia.
That's because almost every religious person in the U.S. is a Christian. There are about 2,106 mosques in the U.S. as of 2010. Sounds like a lot, right? Compare this to churches, in which we have
450,000!
This is an obvious Christian business. The homosexual couples can easily go elsewhere they KNOW will perform it for them. The only reason why they don't is because they WANT to make a scene with Christian businesses.
I don't know whether I agree or disagree.
I don't think a business should be immune to the law just because it's affiliated with religion. BUT, as I mentioned before, I believe ALL businesses should be allowed to choose who they do and do not serve - even if we disagree.
If a person is fired from their non-government job because they don't support gay rights - I will support that right regardless as to whether I personally feel it's called for or not. I also support the rights of businesses not to hire or serve gays. I'm perfectly fine with gay rights and gay marriage as long as people aren't forced to accept gays, hire gays, or provide service to gays. If I hear of a business that doesn't serve or hire gays, I'll simply stop doing business with them and speak against the business and why nobody should use their services. That's freedom.
We all want to protect people with laws made by a minority group - but if we're going to change culture, we need to leave it up to the people while making the playing field even. This means we don't have to like each other or even do business with each other, but we can speak about how we disagree with each other. Some protections must be put in place - I'm referring to property rights. If I disagree with someone, I don't have the right to censor them unless they're on my property. This means I can refuse to post anti-gay articles in a newspaper or website I own while churches and organizations are allowed to prohibit people from speaking in support of gays.
That's my 2 cents. I'm all for gay rights - but not through sacrificing our freedoms.