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

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Originally Posted by betenoire

Thirdly - I want to know, then, since you think it's okay to refuse services to people just for being gay - do you think that there should be no protected classes of people at all? Do you think that business owners should get to turn people away for being Asian? Hindu? I know Rand Paul thinks that business owners should get to do that, so it's not a totally far-fetched fringe notion.

And if you don't think that business owners should be able to turn people away because of their race or their religion - why do you think it's okay to turn people away because of their sexual orientation?

Didn't mean to chop up your post, betenoire, but these questions really cut down to something that's been bothering me in this thread. I'd be really interested in hearing the answers to these questions on refusing someone based on race vs. sexual orientation from those who do think that business owners should have the right to deny service based on religious beliefs/morals.

Originally Posted by DomnNC

The question was NOT about refusing service to gay people exclusively. The question was:

Do you think a business has the right to refuse service based on moral/religious beliefs?

No where does it state it was exclusive to gay people, that was just the example provided!

Like HowSoon said, I'm not sure where you're going with this. Yes, the question was not about refusing service to gay people exclusively, but on refusing service to anyone based on morals/beliefs (particularly religious morals and beliefs). What does that change?

One could just as easily state that it is morally wrong (according to their religion) for them to provide their service to Jews (sound familiar?) or Muslims. They could do this with people of different ethnicities as well. Should they be legally able to deny their service based on their religious views? Why should they be allowed to refuse service? Whatever happened to equal access and opportunity?