LSLGuy
October 4, 2020, 11:56am
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Ref @Cheesesteak just above … Or better yet, choose a less assholic religion. Which was pretty much the consensus of the original thread (now with 200 posts) this one spun off of:
Not a single person alive today had a hand in writing the Bible. That book was written by people thousands of years ago.
Generally, society is tolerant of people’s religious beliefs (for instance, Muslims or Orthodox Jews shunning pork) as long as those beliefs don’t affect other people. We are also typically understanding of them in that “They didn’t choose those rules, those rules are imposed on them by their religion.”
However - there gets to be a certain overlap whereby genuine, sincere re…
Ref this:
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Sure, there will be communities that endorse it, maybe, but I don’t think they’ll survive for long. You want to play that game, you should have to be public about it, I think.
See my post in that other thread:
What you say makes a certain sense if a) you’re only considering large cities / suburb, and b) your have a pretty rosy unrealistic view of how much overt discrimination still goes on.
Most of the “public accomodation” demands the Feds have come up with are aimed at less diverse & less tolerant locations. IOW …
The homophobic baker located in/near the big city gay neighborhood will soon be destroyed by the marketplace just as you suggest. Or at least, another gay-friendly baker will appear to …