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To: RansomOttawa

The author said Jesus would NOT NOT NOT bake a cake for a gay wedding. And that because it would violate His beliefs. I agree with that.

But I also think that if a gay walked into Joseph’s carpenter shop that Jesus would not refuse to sell him a chair.


198 posted on 02/24/2014 1:57:41 PM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: xzins
The author said Jesus would NOT NOT NOT bake a cake for a gay wedding. And that because it would violate His beliefs. I agree with that.

But I also think that if a gay walked into Joseph’s carpenter shop that Jesus would not refuse to sell him a chair.

I agree with you as well. Of course what Jesus would do under the circumstances is moot: he lived in a society where two gays wanting to marry wouldn't be shopping for cakes. They'd be too busy being stoned to death for sodomy.

My feeling is simply that there are other ways to express one's disapproval without refusing outright to do business. The strength of my approach, I think, is that I make profit while they get cake; conversely, I get to tout my "heteronormativity" while they have no grounds to claim discrimination (since at no time did I refuse to deal with gays). I offer the same stationery to everyone; if they don't like the Bible verses and the picture of the man and woman kissing, that's their problem.

203 posted on 02/24/2014 3:37:19 PM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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