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Never heard of him. Back then? Of course not.Today? For sure it would work.For one, there's plenty of other options for people. For two, most people today do not tolerate discrimination. For three, we can instantly communicate to an enormous amount of people which businesses to boycott. Haven't you seen all the shit happening because of Yelp reviews?There really is no comparison to the Civil Rights era. Like, at all.

There are such things as what is right for society and what stands constitutional muster.This law back fired on the bigots because society has reached the point that as a whole we do not countenance overt state sanctioned bigotry. I know that bigots are going to go kicking and screaming, but you will go. Society has matured a lot in the last 10 years on issues of race, sexual orientation and immigrants. These are baby steps but strong steps forcing the bigots further to the margins of society.The problem with them being pushed to the margins is their final death throes have a good chance of being very disruptive and violent.The SPLC has recently reported hate groups are declining but are getting more violent. Source

But it isn't basic moral attitudes based on Christianity -- evidence: not all Christians believe it's wrong to be gay and many Christian churches preform gay weddings.What it is, Faith, is a bunch of bigots that use their religion as a crutch to justify their bigotry to themselves.If you want to see persecution of Christians go to Iraq ... where people are being killed for their beliefs.You live in a society that allows freedom of religion, and that means you have the freedom to practice your beliefs without being discriminated against because of them -- to get that right you allow others the same right to practice their beliefs without being discriminated against because of them.Christianity is not singled out for persecution, but it also isn't allowed to persecute others. The last time I checked, being in favor of all people enjoying equal rights under the law was not a definition of bigotry.

No it isn't. That is a bizarre libertarian fantasy of how things should be. Funny how people like you want all the pluses of government but don't want to have to follow any laws you don't like.

And you forgot the part where we don't do our shopping in the backwoods of red states anyway.

The current attitudes towards sexual preference are no different than racism.

Those of us who believe the Bible is the inspired inerrant word of God will choose to die rather than be forced to do something that violates it. Apparently that's all right with you. Welcome to the USSA.

Well said!

Right. That's how evil gets defined as good and good as evil. Welcome to the USSA. Some "sexual preferences," need I point out, would be condemned by even you.

It is so widely tolerated that a pro-discrimination bill passed the state legislature in Arizona, and the same type of bill is being considered in many other states. Actually, it is more like the pre-Civil rights era when segregation was first considered and then enacted.

If I condemn pedophilia, does that mean that others are justified in condemning inter-racial marriages?

Well no. Why are you talking about anyone going to prison? The bill simply protects you from civil suit.

Please cite the verse where it says that you are not to do business with homosexuals.

Well, if what you say is true, then anti-discrimination laws would merely mandate what's going to happen anyway --- like passing a law stipulating that the Sun should rise in the East.But then where's the harm in such a law? It wastes a tiny quantity of paper?

So we go out of business then and have to live on the streets. Same difference.