Discrimination and the New ‘Inclusive’ America "Bake me a cake, or go to jail!"
Posted by Zenphamy 9 years, 8 months ago to Philosophy
I like Stossel. This is one of the best articles I've read about this issue.
"Individuals should be allowed to discriminate. I discriminate all the time. I favor people over others when I choose my friends, jobs, hobbies, clubs, religion, etc. So do you.
Elizabeth Taylor married nine times. Had she married again, should the EEOC have ordered her to marry someone from an ethnic minority?
A homophobic baker shouldn't stop a same-sex couple from getting married. Likewise, a gay couple shouldn't force a baker to make them a wedding cake. No one should ever force anyone to bake them a cake."
"Individuals should be allowed to discriminate. I discriminate all the time. I favor people over others when I choose my friends, jobs, hobbies, clubs, religion, etc. So do you.
Elizabeth Taylor married nine times. Had she married again, should the EEOC have ordered her to marry someone from an ethnic minority?
A homophobic baker shouldn't stop a same-sex couple from getting married. Likewise, a gay couple shouldn't force a baker to make them a wedding cake. No one should ever force anyone to bake them a cake."
edit: add for clairification
I don't want anything to do with people who discriminate on the basis of LGBT, race, religion, etc. I suspect they don't want work with me. That's okay. We don't need the gov't to force us to play nice and sell things to one another.