John Nada said:

This thread is gay.

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Shroomism said:

Respect my right to be recognized as a deathclawkin or face my wrath!!!

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Love_spirit said:

My butts as cute as those states r tarded.
My buns are truly stellar.
If any you BLT peeps could see
them you'd be str8 up

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Supachopped719 said:

Now we really do have potty police.

Guess you have to look girly and manly in this country cause of you don't convince someone you will be arrested even if your not trans.

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omfg I hope that rentacop gets fired, so absurd.

Glad to see this thread only has 17 replies today rather than 100+ in a matter of hours.  This thread is also absurd.  Thanks Patlal

akira_akuma said:

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Destroying the constitution to give more rights to the minority and less to the majority.

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that isn't actually happening due to liberals. it's due to Christians.



no one should be put in jail for refusing to serve anyone -- a fine for discrimination, on your establishment, suffices as a punishment.

laws exist for a reason -- discrimination laws are no different. freedom of religion dictates that, in the public sphere, you have to adhere to a modicum of respect for other's beliefs (wait, the punchline is approaching), even if you outright hate them and speak ill towards them and their religion/beliefs, by at least not discriminating against them in terms of services and goods, because in a free country, you don't do that, that and no one wants to expel people from the marketplace due to their...hair color, or their insistence of the existence of Gods, or whatever the case may be...hell even if someone is stinking up your establishment with their colitis...WHAT the fuck are you gonna do about it?

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This gay marriage thing is apart of the "agenda" to completely destabilize this country, and bring about a one world system. Connect the dots and lines and you'll see it's leading up to total control over the world by the super rich.

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i have a solution for you: drop the gay hate that makes no sense anyway -- even according to your own scriptures, you're supposed to hate the sinner, not the sin, nor are you supposed to bear false witness (when did Jesus ever say to speak out against anyone, save the moneychangers and priests in the temple? or tell you to?).

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freedom of religion dictates that, in the public sphere, you have to adhere to a modicum of respect for other's beliefs

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No it doesn't. It just says that "congress can't make laws establishing a religion or prohibiting free exercise thereof".

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which means that you show a modicum of respect to these religions by allowing their existence and practice and belief, unequivocally, to any other religion or non-religious demographic, within the public sphere -- you deny one of any, you halt accepting all of them -- and you do this by prohibiting the establishing of laws that unduly favors one religion over another, or over non-religion.

any arguments about these bathroom laws being irrational, i'll have to attempt another day...but the constitution is clear on this. 1st amendment upholds that ANY establishment of religion in a governmental body (ie a public body; as the public body is funded by taxpayer $$$, hence is belonging to state and not church) is disallowed and unconstitutional. period. we can fight about the lack of sensibility all day, but the burden goes to the religious here.

akira_akuma said:

any establishment to respect any religion over another, or over non-religion, is refuting the establishment clause in the 1st amendment.

that includes any establishment.

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which means that you show a modicum of respect to these religions by allowing their existence and practice and belief, unequivocally, to any other religion or non-religious demographic, within the public sphere -- you deny one of any, you halt accepting all of them -- and you do this by prohibiting the establishing of laws that unduly favors one religion over another, or over non-religion.

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any arguments about these bathroom laws being irrational, i'll have to attempt another day...but the constitution is clear on this. 1st amendment upholds that ANY establishment of religion in a governmental body (ie a public body; as the public body is funded by taxpayer $$$, hence is belonging to state and not church) is disallowed and unconstitutional. period. we can fight about the lack of sensibility all day, but the burden goes to the religious here.

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but there really is no ambiguity though, is there?

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"Public" washroom facilities that are located in private businesses are not actually public.

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realz?

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Many places only let you use the bathroom if you're a paying customer.

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akira_akuma said:

LOL how is using the bathroom religious expression? well i don't think i ever said that. so you can revise that silly question.

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yeah, and if they're willing to let you pay for something, you should damn well not discriminate against them using the washroom that's in the establishment.

and under certain conditions, in certain states, they can't deny you, or they could face legal charges.

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but it's interesting because as part of the 1st amendment, there is a total separation between church and state, and yet private business are openly discriminating against people for being gay or whatever due to their religious beliefs. that's violation of the 1st amendment on the grounds that the state is supporting the decision to discriminate based on religious grounds; it could be argued that it isn't "state" law that defines this, but it certainly is state law that justifies it. it's an inherent contradiction, that should be addressed, and rarely is. but nevertheless, to avoid the obvious confusion...there should just be anti-discrimination laws...oh wait there is already. so between to the 14th and the 1st, according to them, there is some obvious blinders being placed on the heads of certain old people, and certain credulous idiots.

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