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Re: Should businesses be allowed to not violate their their conscience/religious beli
Joining a group or signing a contract is no more "an intrinsic part of a person's identity" in the one or the other case. So if I may refuse participation in the pagan rite for reasons of conscience in the one case why not in the other? I do not see your argument. As a matter of fact, by your logic it might even be worse to refuse the KKK pair your assistance, as you would not even be acting on religious conscience but personal dislike.
Sexual orientation is an intrinsic part of a person's identity. Membership in an organization is not. They are two different things. Likewise, there is no such thing as a "KKK wedding" and there's really no such thing as a "gay wedding" either. There's just a wedding. And if your objection is based around a message espoused by an organization, that's wholly different from objecting because of the genders of the people getting married. You're drawing a false equivalence.
Joining a group or signing a contract is no more "an intrinsic part of a person's identity" in the one or the other case. So if I may refuse participation in the pagan rite for reasons of conscience in the one case why not in the other? I do not see your argument. As a matter of fact, by your logic it might even be worse to refuse the KKK pair your assistance, as you would not even be acting on religious conscience but personal dislike.