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Sunday, March 02, 2008
Freedom
A few days ago I posted about a Christian photgrapher who was hauled up before the New Mexico Human Rights Commission because she refused to photograph a lesbian wedding. The Washington Times has a few more details here.
Even if Christians win, the left will just try again and again until they win. We need a way to punish those who bring forth such lawsuits to discourage them.
What's hard to imagine is that the gay community actually comprises a very small percentage of the population. We must have very slow news days to give them such up front coverage. And why didn't they want one of their gay friends to photograph the event. Their in-your-face-with-it attitude is what turns me off the most.
I have a hard time seeing this as discrimination because it's a private business, not public access. Does that mean the the government will be able to dictate what type of food a bakery must make? Or which articles a newspaper must print? Or how many of X model of cars a dealership must carry?
screws up face trying to understand the thinking here.
I could care less about a couple of lesbian getting married..their business not mine..but I does go against the grain to try to force someone to like it and that is all the left wing is doing with this human rights commission..I feel the same way about any government regulation that tries to force me to do something such as this including hiring people I don't want to hire and closed shop laws.
This is a disturbing case. I hope it fails spectacularly - with results similar to the Ezra Levant case. The real human rights issue is that a private business is being punished for determining who they will serve; whatever happened to "this business reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason?"
The question in my head: Are the photos that these people take so amazing that the couple wouldn't find a more open-minded photographer and avoid all this fuss?
I'm not sure how I feel about this fight... not sure which side I'm on...
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I think Willock will have a hard time getting a court to uphold this.
This is why: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurley_v._Irish-American_Gay,_Lesbian,_and_Bisexual_Group_of_Boston
though Wikipedia is not a source I would use if I were doing a formal argument....it sums up the courts decision in this case.
I'd love to hear the outcome, hope you post when a decision is rendered.
Even if Christians win, the left will just try again and again until they win. We need a way to punish those who bring forth such lawsuits to discourage them.
here is a copy of the probable cause.
http://www.claytoncramer.com/WvEP_Ltr_NMDept_Health_Probable_Cause.pdf
Hope you will keep us posted, Bob.
What's hard to imagine is that the gay community actually comprises a very small percentage of the population. We must have very slow news days to give them such up front coverage. And why didn't they want one of their gay friends to photograph the event. Their in-your-face-with-it attitude is what turns me off the most.
I have a hard time seeing this as discrimination because it's a private business, not public access. Does that mean the the government will be able to dictate what type of food a bakery must make? Or which articles a newspaper must print? Or how many of X model of cars a dealership must carry?
screws up face trying to understand the thinking here.
I could care less about a couple of lesbian getting married..their business not mine..but I does go against the grain to try to force someone to like it and that is all the left wing is doing with this human rights commission..I feel the same way about any government regulation that tries to force me to do something such as this including hiring people I don't want to hire and closed shop laws.
This is a disturbing case. I hope it fails spectacularly - with results similar to the Ezra Levant case. The real human rights issue is that a private business is being punished for determining who they will serve; whatever happened to "this business reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason?"
The question in my head: Are the photos that these people take so amazing that the couple wouldn't find a more open-minded photographer and avoid all this fuss?
I'm not sure how I feel about this fight... not sure which side I'm on...
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