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originally posted by: Prezbo369
But what if you don't have the means or ability to run/own a business? and just want to be able to shop without being discriminated against just like everyone else?
This idea doesn't solve or help the issue at all really.
originally posted by: butcherguy
Can you imagine a print shop owned by a Democrat refusing to print campaign posters for a Republican candidate? Or vice versa?
I can't.
Maybe we need bakeries and pizza shops that are owned by politicians.
As long as you have money, you would be welcome.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: jude11
Its a great thought jude11, but as the poster above alluded to, it may not be all that effective at resolving the issues which are coming to the fore at the moment.
It is certainly an appealing concept though.
originally posted by: bigfatfurrytexan
a reply to: TrueBrit
i posit that we won't "solve" the issues. You can't effect a solution on ingrained viewpoint mixed in with human nature/mob mentality.
I also posit that the only solution that doesn't deviate from sanity is to just do "you". Be who you are. And in the process....be what you want the world to be. And encourage this in others.
Because honestly....it looks like all the "solutions" have gotten us into a right mess.
originally posted by: TrueBrit
a reply to: bigfatfurrytexan
That's a fair point BFFT.
Without significant change in the way group think tends to hyper polarise attitudes, these issues will keep coming up, time and again though, and something ought to be done. These issues have been around for a considerable time, and I grow frustrated with my fellow human beings, when rather than sorting their issues out once and for all, so that attention can be paid to other matters, they insist on circling the pan on matters such as these.
It would be good for the species if there was more argument about how to best achieve alternative methods of propulsion in space, than whether or not it is permissible for a Christian to serve pizza to a gay wedding.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: jude11
Respect that everyone has their own idea of what marriage is and stop trying to force everyone else to participate in yours if they don't want to?
It's that simple. It really is.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: jude11
Respect that everyone has their own idea of what marriage is and stop trying to force everyone else to participate in yours if they don't want to?
It's that simple. It really is.