MasterJaguar01
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ORIGINAL: MasterJaguar01 OK... Madison, during the revolution, was very much in favor of freedom oF religion, in the narrow context of Christian religious sects. He actually called for public officials to publicly affirm their Christianity. But he was full of contradictions. Read the wording he proposed in the First Amendment: "The civil rights of none shall be abridged on account of religious belief or worship, nor shall any national religion be established." Not a big fan of using one's religious beliefs to deny service to others while operating a public business. So, shopping at a particular place is a "civil right?" That's pretty interesting. No, but the ability to go into a store and buy a widget at a store that sells widgets, without being told "I won't serve you, but I will serve everyone else" is. So says: 1) My humble opinion 2) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 3) The plethora of local CRA's out there that include "Public Accommodations" clauses Try . . . going to a store that sells pre-made widgets and also designs widgets and be told, "I do not want to design that widget." If the widget is art, created by the artist him/herself, then I have no right to force the artist to create my art. However, if all I want is cake with some icing on it (no real art, just a basic service on top of the pre-made widget), I have the right to not have the store owner pass moral judgment on the event during which I am using my widget, and refuse to sell me the widget.
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