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No, it's called a business license. You abide by the rules of the community, not your own rules; otherwise you don't do business in the community.A very large number of local restaurants have staff members from India, who are vegetarians. By your standard it would be almost impossible to be served meat in a restaurant here (and the restaurantrs would promptly go out of business).

The community extends from the municipal level to the state level and the federal level. So the community as a whole does impose certain standards on its parts. We really have no choice but to "let" them pass their law and see if the broader community will allow it.Of course letting them do whatever they damn well please is not something that has ever worked out very well.

Exactly. The law comes ultimately from the people. It's easier to get rid of a bad law when the people are ready to be rid of it,

So Christian restauranteurs would rather die than go into a different line of work? I'm dubious of that claim.

You can refuse to acknowledge any part of reality that you don't like. What you can't do is force your denial on reality.

Allowing same-sex couples the same rights as any other couple is not repudiating God's laws. God administers His own laws. You don't.IF God chooses to judge homosexuals, that's His business, not yours. If He chooses to judge you for failure to love your neighbour, that's His business too.

Think about those metaphors. Both salt and light are positive influences, not negative. The "social corruption" here is people throwing mud instead of being an example of love.

It should be noted that Jesus, whether He was without sin or not, did not cast the first stone.What Would Jesus Do? What Would Faith Do?

I don't.

We don't "assume" there was no Fall. We conclude there was no Fall - both by reading the Bible and by looking at reality.Unfortunately, fundamentalist Christianity all too often involves a fall from humanity.