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Frank Zappa was right, "I want my children to grow up in a country with the First Amendment." I think we can add or discuss that another problem here is that it can be traced to the Civil Rights movement and Acts of the 1950's and 1960's. Senator Barry Goldwater was right in opposing them the way they were codified and passed. The result is that if someone is wronged or perceived to be wronged for any reason, it is a violation of civil rights even though many times it is not or shouldn't be. Goldwater's concern was the acts would violate the First Amendment as well as others.

Myself, I don't have a problem of who marries who, it should not be the province of the Federal Government. The only way the Feds could be involved is by the Amendment process where marriage is defined via the Constitution as many other counties have done such as Serbia and Russia. Still, even so, the main issue is the people are forced to go against their conscience to do something against their will. As my father puts it, that's slavery because they are being forced to work against their will and for someone who they don't want to work for. It is a two way street, if people want to be respected for their types of lifestyles and I have no problem with that then in return, they need to respect others who view things differently. If a bakery will not do it for reasons of conscience, then just move on and find one who will. It is a two way street (or more). It's like that gay brochure showing gay friendly businesses, use that as a guide, it is the First Amendment and capitalism at work.

150 years ago, slavery ended with the Civil War, but it is coming back in many ways.