Trump comes out against the Equality Act

[NuffSaid]

Next time some Christian is fired from their job for praying during lunch, I expect those who are in line with Trump in opposing this bill will also support the business owner.

[Calvin_Reagan]

@NuffSaid

Next time some Christian is fired from their job for praying during lunch, I expect those who are in line with Trump in opposing this bill will also support the business owner.

I appreciate the humor here.

[Calvin_Reagan]

@WuWei

Actually, that’s not the deal nor the end of the story. Why do you think you have rights on somebody else’s property? You don’t even have a right to be there, much less make demands.

I am sorry, but this is bad logic my friend.

You’re only looking it from one angle. I perfectly agree you have the right to own property and sell property. But freedom is not a one-way street. People also have the liberty to purchase items and obtain services. Denying somebody items based on their religion or innate qualities is wrong, period. Your logic is that business owners have special rights and can control what everybody else does. I argue that both customers AND business owners have rights.

[Roxiebelle]

So the LBGT community has it’s own religion? Who knew!

[NJBob]

You underlined the wrong part.

[Smyrna]

@Calvin_Reagan

I am confused by the question. The bill has nothing to do with free speech concerns, but about gender and sexual orientation. It’s kind of like saying, “I am discussing about monkeys, and you bring up elephants.” You want to create a bill about free speech fine, lets talk about it, but that’s not the subject of the discussion.

We are discussing discrimination or in your example…animals. If the discrimination law applies to monkeys, why would it not apply to elephants? That’s intentional discrimination…period.

[WuWei]

@kermode

States rights.

True. Point stands.

[WuWei]

@Tilly_jow

Don’t ya just love it when ‘‘christians’’ and bigoty come together like peas in a pod.

What a stupid, stupid post. Property ownership is not exclusive to Christians.

[WuWei]

@AZslim

It’s not.

That shouldn’t happen either.

Why not? Why do you get a say?

[WuWei]

@AZslim

Amazing.

Fundamental.

[WuWei]

@CanadianJudo

If i cant fire someone for being gay do we really have freedom

Wrong question.

[CaughtInTheMiddle]

@Calvin_Reagan

@WuWei

And ownership is a thing. No they don’t.

I support civil rights acts, you don’t. My belief is everybody has the right to go into a public business, open to the public. That’s just me. You’re free to support discrimination in this country.

A whole bunch of Americans would overturn the Civil Rights Act of the 60s. They want 1959 America back.

You know why, right?

[WuWei]

@CanadianJudo

The government cant endorse or ban religion, it doesnt mean you can fire white people because you think they are the devil born in a lab by a black alien

Nonsensical gibberish. Read the underlined. Hence the reason I underlined it.

[WuWei]

@CanadianJudo

Its not but its important because America use to treat minorities like sub human citizen.

Have you ever though that maybe you dont deserve fully unregulated freedom, because society is to stupid not to abuse their freedom at the expense of others.

That is why program like affirmative action exist because american soceity is to atupid to be given a bike without trainning wheela

The human capacity for rationalization never ceases to amaze me.

[WuWei]

@Plasmaball

If someone fires someone for being gay one seriously has to question if they are morally sound to be in the position to fire people

What does your morality have to do with my business? Who owns the business?

[WuWei]

@NuffSaid

Next time some Christian is fired from their job for praying during lunch, I expect those who are in line with Trump in opposing this bill will also support the business owner.

I’m your huckleberry.

[WuWei]

@Calvin_Reagan

People also have the liberty to purchase items and obtain services.

Logic?

And there go the goalposts. “Liberty” to… it’s not a “right” any more? Who gave you this liberty to…?

Explain how your liberty to… trumps my right to ownership.

[Calvin_Reagan]

@Smyrna

We are discussing discrimination or in your example…animals. If the discrimination law applies to monkeys, why would it not apply to elephants? That’s intentional discrimination…period.

The Equality Act, which is supported by most Americans, applies to all genders and all sexual orientations. Notice how I framed the OP. That could mean you cannot fire an employee for being asexual or bisexual. That could mean a gay business owner cannot fire a worker because he’s not gay, nor deny somebody employment because he’s straight. I 100% agree nobody gets “special rights”, but we know through science, that sexual orientation and gender (brain structure) is innate.

[WuWei]

@Calvin_Reagan

Denying somebody items based on their religion or innate qualities is wrong, period.

Why do you get a say in “right or wrong” on my property?

[WuWei]

@NJBob

You underlined the wrong part.

No Bob, I didn’t.