# Bigotry versus genuine religious belief **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 24, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434 "2020-09-24T18:43:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 285
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434/285 "2023-07-01T19:27:43Z")
I’d like to quote NY Times columnist, David Brooks, from “PBS Newshour” last eve: > [@](#): > > Yes, I don’t have a qualified — I’m not qualified to give it a legal opinion. I’m not a lawyer, so I look at it, is it good or bad for society? > > And so, in this case, you had the right for artistic expression against nondiscrimination, and it was a contest between those two. And the court chose free expression. That strikes me, just as someone who lives in American society, as doing great harm to American society. > > It seems to me the idea that we do not discriminate in our businesses is just — that’s much more a serious thing to break that than to restrict someone who’s really running a business, not just painting a painting, but is running a business. And if that person who’s running a business is allowed to discriminate, it seems to me it’s just a poison in our society. Brooks, IMHO, is another one who still reflects many of the old-school Conservative positions, and – de facto – whose party has left _him_ behind (ie, “RINO”). But – disagree with him though I may, on occasion – I could probably talk with him for hours and it would never become heated. Which … ain’t nothin’. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigotry-versus-genuine-religious-belief/921434)._