Phil_Osophy
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Re: Colorado Judge: Bakery Owner discriminated against gay couple [W:113:123:292:647
The constitution doesnt guarantee you to be entitled to the services of private businesses.
This had nothing to do with property, it had to do with services.
Your right to "free exercise" of religion ends when it interferes with the rights of others. Court precedent allows a state to limit your "free exercise" of religion in the interest of a "compelling state interest" such as nondiscrimination as long as it isn't too burdensome. The debate here is the extent to which people have "free exercise" of their religious liberty and whether the state is imposing too much of a burden on this baker by trying to push its interest of nondiscrimination.
The constitution doesnt guarantee you to be entitled to the services of private businesses.