07-07-2015, 11:16 PM
(07-07-2015, 11:00 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Really? Then why are people of the Christian Religion being forced to make huge monetary reparations to gays, for not wanting to partake in their marriage ceremonies? Sure sounds like punishment to me..
And furthermore, they represent a very small portion of the population, so why must the majority bend, not only to accept, but be forced to "embrace" their fringe culture? Laws protecting them from ostracization, I can understand. Laws that force people that don't live the same lifestyle to conform to theirs, I don't.
Since you are so learned in the ways of the law, won't you explain it to me? (and please don't just do that little bit where you pick one little phrase and argue it, look at the post as an entity, for a change)
I can explain it very simply. Christians are being punished for discrimination exactly the same way as Gays would be punished if they discriminated against Christians. Everyone is treated exactly the same under the law. That is called "equality". And "equality" is not "punishment.
There are no laws forcing Christians to become homosexual or forcing straight people to marry people of the same sex. No one is being forced to do anything except treat everyone equally.
Why can you not grasp the concept that in the United States we believe in equal rights for all people? I learned that very early in school, and it has always been a reason I am proud to be an American. Your suggestion that the majority should have to power to deny equal rights to minorities disgusts me. You are basically rejecting one of the most basic principles that our country is supposed to stand for.
