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In response to "Have to say it: Having been refused service by a business for being gay, I hope more businesses start boycotting things like this. -- nm" by MDH

Over the years, I've been refused service, mocked by store clerks, fired from two jobs, and assaulted for being gay.

Posted by ReluctantCynic (aka ReluctantCynic) Mar 23 '16, 10:48

But if a business can demonstrate actual, sincere, religious identity -- whether one of the more popular religions or not, anything from Roman Catholicism to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster to lack of religiosity entirely -- then more power to 'em. They should have just as much access to the liberty protections of the Constitution as I do.

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wtf? that is entirely awful -- nm - Epiphany Mar 23, 11:06
and yet we still tolerate you here - pixie ninja Mar 23, 10:52 1
- Kind of surprising, isn't it? :-) - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 10:53
:-( -- nm - ML Mar 23, 10:51
I don't think a business can have a religion -- nm - ty97 Mar 23, 10:49 4
- Agreed. That's the error of Hobby Lobby. -- nm - pmb Mar 23, 10:55
- And I'm awfully concerned about the slippery slope in the personification of businesses for rights purposes -- nm* - ty97 Mar 23, 10:50 2
  - Agreed. -- nm - Krusty Mar 23, 10:57
  - I agree. I personally don't see how a business could sincerely express a religious identity. But I'm not enough of an expert ... - ReluctantCynic Mar 23, 10:52

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Over the years, I've been refused service, mocked by store clerks, fired from two jobs, and assaulted for being gay.

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