I think this is the right forum for this discussion, but if it is not, I trust the mods will relocate it. I created this thread because we were hijacking another thread with a discussion on this topic, and a few of us wanted to establish a "safe zone" for a discussion on this topic.
The discussion started with an observation about "freedom of religion," where I asked another poster to give me an example of where the right of an atheist to NOT believe was intruding on the right of a theist to practice their faith. The response was the example of the baker being required to bake a cake for a same-sex couple - a case currently before SCOTUS. My position is a simple one: the baker has a wide range of things they can bake; it does not have to be wedding cakes. If they are going to bake wedding cakes, they need to do so without discrimination. To take any other position is to open the door to anyone discriminating against anyone else on the basis of "my faith says so." This sidetracked into a discussion of the nature of marriage.
The original discussion started here, if you wish to see what prompted the start of this thread.
Anyone can engage here, but the basic rule of the thread is "be civil." No name calling. No mocking emojis. Make your points with civility. That doesn't mean we cannot be passionate, and it doesn't mean we cannot be blunt. It just means we need to be adult.
The discussion started with an observation about "freedom of religion," where I asked another poster to give me an example of where the right of an atheist to NOT believe was intruding on the right of a theist to practice their faith. The response was the example of the baker being required to bake a cake for a same-sex couple - a case currently before SCOTUS. My position is a simple one: the baker has a wide range of things they can bake; it does not have to be wedding cakes. If they are going to bake wedding cakes, they need to do so without discrimination. To take any other position is to open the door to anyone discriminating against anyone else on the basis of "my faith says so." This sidetracked into a discussion of the nature of marriage.
The original discussion started here, if you wish to see what prompted the start of this thread.
Anyone can engage here, but the basic rule of the thread is "be civil." No name calling. No mocking emojis. Make your points with civility. That doesn't mean we cannot be passionate, and it doesn't mean we cannot be blunt. It just means we need to be adult.
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