re: #423 soxfan4life

I like the idea of a church or JP being able to say no due to
their own beliefs. As well as photographers, DJ’s caterers etc. If they are willing to turn away business in this economy due to their convictions they should not be subject to prosecution or any legal action.

No one is going to force churches to perform gay weddings; that isn’t going to happen.

But photographers, DJ’s, and caterers will be subject to discrimination lawsuits if they provide services to heterosexual couples and reject only same-sex couples— just as they would be subject to such lawsuits if they discriminated against interracial couples.

It will be interesting to see if we wind up with a ‘conscience clause’ exception for JP’s though, similar to the ones we talk about for pharmacists who don’t want to provide birth control.