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by Georgelemental 732 days ago
> He repeatedly admitted to refusing to bake a cake for a gay couple. He would bake cakes for straight couples without a problem. Gay couples? Nope.

No. What he refused to do was bake a cake for the specific event of a marriage between two people of the same sex. There is no inherent law of nature forcing someone of a particular sexual orientation to marry someone of a particular sex. Who you marry is a choice; Phillips's religious beliefs tell him that he should not approve of some of those possible choices, and he has a right to hold those beliefs (and you or I have a right to disagree with them).
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wtfwhateven 732 days ago
> No.

Yes.

>What he refused to do was bake a cake for the specific event of a marriage between two people of the same sex.

There is no difference. It's just grasping for a viable legal defense by someone who believes in Leviticus 20:13.

Phillips's religious beliefs also tell him murdering gay people is righteous.

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Georgelemental 732 days ago
> Phillips's religious beliefs also tell him murdering gay people is righteous.

Even if he did believe what you claim (without a shred of evidence) he does, beliefs—even heinous ones—are not a crime.

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wtfwhateven 732 days ago
>Even if he did believe what you claim (without a shred of evidence)

He repeatedly refers to the bible to justify his actions. He's used it as a moral compass for many years. What evidence is there that he doesn't believe in Leviticus 20:13? Does he just exclude the things that "inconvenience" him? I don't understand. Claiming there's not a shred of evidence of this is grossly dishonest IMO.

He's allowed to believe what he wants to believe. However his beliefs lead to his actions discriminating against people and he repeatedly refers to a book that includes things such as Leviticus 20:13 as justification of those actions.

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