re: #527 Eclectic Cyborg

It’s actually an interesting circumstance. For many people their religious beliefs are the most highly held and important of any they have, trumping even established secular law.

While the Christians are no doubt crying “persecution!” over this, it’s more than that. If the bakery owner had been atheist and refused to serve the lesbian couple he or she would be in the same boat. The religion of the person at the core of this is not as important as you might think.

It does create a potentially volatile situation when people are completely willing to violate or completely ignore secular law because it goes against their religious beliefs. As gay marriage legalization increases, these types of legal battles will too.

Yeah, with those types, it’s always “God, family, country.” Notice what’s last in that order.