Posted on 08/16/2015 6:58:21 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A recently released poll shows significant public support for the protection of religious liberty—especially when special rights based on sexual orientation are being advanced at its expense.
The results reveal hope for the classical liberal vision of America: they indicate that most Americans still appear to want maximum freedom and individual rights protection. […]
Support for religious freedom jumps even higher in the context of wedding vendors.
82 percent said “yes” when asked whether a Christian wedding photographer with “deeply held religious beliefs opposing same sex marriage” has “the right to say no” to a same-sex couple asking him or her to photograph their wedding.
Amazingly, even “80 percent of Agnostic/Atheists said the photographer had the right to say no.”
There is hope for “live and let live” after all. …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...
Only when the Federal Appeals Court judges have all been taken out and hanged first.
Don't get me going on the USSC ...
Sorry. That means nothing. Unelected supreme court justices think and will rule otherwise
Silly Americans. They are stupid enough to think their opinion counts. In the end we are dictated to by one of two political parties, and like castrated horses, we’ll just vote whatever pawn the Party Officials put forth.
I don’t care for the caveat of religious reasons, if it is my business, my risk, my investment, my blood, sweat, and tears, I should have the right to refuse to do business with anybody for any reason I so choose
It’s not about religious freedom. It’s about forcing people to publicly celebrate the abomination of gay marriage.
If a homosexual baker doesn't want to create a wedding cake for heterosexuals, or the converse, that should be no concern of the state.
Contracts still contain seven elements
Offer is a contract element
Acceptance is a contract element
If you lack an offer, or acceptance, you do not have a deal
What the public wants or does not is of no concern to lunatic liberals if it doesn’t fit the agenda.
And what’s up with the other 18% of Americans?
As long as they bake them cakes.
theyre too stupid to be concerned with much of anything..??
Anyone who has been in any kind of business knows how to decline serving any potential customer.
What this is the hard left and the hard right wanting to make news.
If you are in business to make a profit this game is just dumb or you don’t have a business...
If this is true, then why the outcry over India a few months ago against religious freedom, and why did the Republican governor CAVE on this crucial issue?
India should be Indiana.
“Silly Americans. They are stupid enough to think their opinion counts.”
Yep. The only opinions that count are those of 5 out of 9 of the tyrants in robes.
That’s better than what I think. I think they hate liberty for thee and me.
We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone.
Yup. It's a forced renouncement of reality, reason, and natural law by making people play pretend in order to validate the delusions (lies) of the reprobates.
Really no different than being forced to sign a covenant with death or agreement with hell. It's not enough that many go along willingly, the sodomites are hell-bent on corrupting or else destroying those steadfastly who hold to the truth.
Liberal utopia - so idyllic that it requires the iron fist of the state to keep it in "order".
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