Rüdiger Thiede
Aug 8, 2017 · 1 min read

Wasn’t segregation enforced by government? When integration was announced, weren’t the only places that put up any kind of fight a handful of schools? Weren’t they the exception rather than the rule? And isn’t the banning of a whole race of people from wide swaths of public life somewhat of a different matter from enforcing participation in religious ceremonies on people who disagree with them? (Because that’s what it’s about: religious participation. Nobody is saying that businesses have a right to ban LGBT customers outright if it’s not related to a religious practice.) If I were to decide that I would only eat pork from now on, would it make sense for me to go to a kosher delicatessen and claim to be discriminated against if they don’t accommodate me? (I would have a case if they banned all gentiles from their store, though; see how that’s a different matter?)

Or do you truly believe that mutual coexistence of people who disagree is impossible, that agreement can only be achieved by government fiat, and that the only road that is paved with good intentions is the one that leads to heaven?

    Rüdiger Thiede

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