Comment on Colorado Supreme Court to hear case against Christian baker who refused to make LGBTQ-themed cake
Gigan@lemmy.world 11 months agoIf you own a business that is open to the pubpic you can’t discriminate based on certain things like sex, race, etc. I don’t think that counts as slavery.
The question is whether making this cake counts as speech.
TJD@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I agree it doesn’t count as slavery, but it’s still an infringement on people’s rights to free association and voluntary agreement.
crashoverride@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It does not
TJD@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Do elaborate on how the government legally mandating association and business deals doesn’t violate people’s freedom to do those things (or not) of their own will
crashoverride@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I guess I’ll have to explain it to you like 5 yo then. When you go into business, You’re there to make money. But the only argument you’re here to make is really a discriminatory one. You don’t actually have an argument. There is no argument to deny anyone our service that you provide and that’s free association. The bullshit that you’re trying to pander is just that, just bullshit and anybody who has two brain cells to rub together can see right through it
PizzaMan@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A shop puts up a “We don’t serve blacks” sign.
The government forces them to take it down and serve black people.
Was the shop mandated in association and business deals? Was the shops freedom trampled?