Paula Gearon
Aug 22, 2017 · 1 min read

I’m confused by the statement,

“…ordinary business people such as bakers, florists, and photographers who wish to uphold the traditional meaning of marriage need to be protected from discrimination and attack if the law on marriage does change.”

What kind of discrimination could you be thinking of? What sorts of attacks? I presume that you are talking about a law that requires that they not discriminate against LGBTI people?

If that is the case, then why is it OK to discriminate against one group of people for who they are, but not against another for how they act?

We already have precedent. It is currently illegal to discriminate based on skin colour, despite some people having a religious conviction about it. While people can be (and are) discriminatory in their interpersonal dealings, we can’t legislate away being mean. But we require that business transactions not be affected. In what way is this different?

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