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<blockquote data-quote="Maren" data-source="post: 72090003" data-attributes="member: 203932"><p>I think you answered where the line is drawn. You need to sell whatever item, to a protected class, that you would sell to any other person. If you make wedding cakes, you would need to sell a wedding cake to a gay person. If you sell groceries, you'd need to sell groceries to a Black person. If you sell Christian books, then you must sell one of your Christian books to an atheist.</p><p></p><p>This does not mean you are required to work for a company doing something you don't like (such as your bass player example). It does not mean you must decorate a cake in a way that bothers you (such as your cake that mocks Christ). It does not mean you need to allow things that violate the standards you have set for your business (so no party scene out of Caligula). I will grant, the standards you set must not be discriminatory; they must apply equally to all groups, but you can set the standards that all must abide by.</p><p></p><p>But since you went with the WWII example, what about a wage worker in a factory (possibly in you neck of the woods) today? Shouldn't he have rights, at least based on your perfect world, if he is involved in the manufacture of a firearm? How does he know it won't get sold to a murderer or terrorist, and be used to kill his family? Why should only a business owner have that right to determine who gets to buy the products he offers for sale?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maren, post: 72090003, member: 203932"] I think you answered where the line is drawn. You need to sell whatever item, to a protected class, that you would sell to any other person. If you make wedding cakes, you would need to sell a wedding cake to a gay person. If you sell groceries, you'd need to sell groceries to a Black person. If you sell Christian books, then you must sell one of your Christian books to an atheist. This does not mean you are required to work for a company doing something you don't like (such as your bass player example). It does not mean you must decorate a cake in a way that bothers you (such as your cake that mocks Christ). It does not mean you need to allow things that violate the standards you have set for your business (so no party scene out of Caligula). I will grant, the standards you set must not be discriminatory; they must apply equally to all groups, but you can set the standards that all must abide by. But since you went with the WWII example, what about a wage worker in a factory (possibly in you neck of the woods) today? Shouldn't he have rights, at least based on your perfect world, if he is involved in the manufacture of a firearm? How does he know it won't get sold to a murderer or terrorist, and be used to kill his family? Why should only a business owner have that right to determine who gets to buy the products he offers for sale? [/QUOTE]
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