Do Businesses Have the Right to Refuse Service Based on Moral/Religious Objections?

[Toughy]

Originally Posted by BullDog

No one is forcing anyone to offer goods and/or services to the public. If someone's religious views precludes them from offering goods and/or services to someone based solely on the fact of someone's sexual orientation, race, religion or other individual characteristics that are protected by law, they can choose not to go into business in the first place. Maybe they should work in some isolated cubicle somewhere where they don't have to deal with people at all.

These laws are to protect against discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation, religion and other characteristics that have been historically discriminated against. Why are people arguing against having laws that protect homosexuals/same sex couples from being discriminated against and being denied goods and services?

Since you used my verbiage, I figure ya must be yakking at me. I do not believe you 'grok' what I wrote.

I have trouble with your first paragraph. I can't believe you want the government's nose up your ass and in your business every moment. The government has no right what so ever to tell me how to run my business as long as I don't take government money and I pay all my taxes (no tax breaks) (with normal exceptions of health and safety).

(ps.....I have a libertarian streak )