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So, I look at this as something like the issue where the state wanted to attach a rider on a bill that would allow discrimination in businesses so long as those businesses identified themselves as in when they would discriminate. So, therefore if you saw a business with a sign in their window that said "we do not provide services for same sex weddings due to our religious beliefs", or "we do not book parties for children who have same sex parents", would you patronize that business even if such signs wouldn't affect you personally at all. And my answer is absolutely not. That is something I would know about, and could absolutely control whether I did business with them. I also wouldn't do business with any of those places that I know in the past few years have refused some service or said they would to same sex couples/homosexuals, that they would treat them differently than opposite sex couples or heterosexuals in some aspect of their business.
Now, all that being said, there might be some businesses that I patronize that are discriminating without me knowing or they are some business that I simply do not have an alternative to (which is why I support antidiscrimination laws) without some serious financial impact or it would cause some other issues. I would try to find an alternative as soon as I could if it were due to not having one that I could see that was viable at that time. Unfortunately, there are times when we do have to do things that we might not want to do. Luckily, this is not likely to happen on such a huge scale that I am concerned about, just looking at the possibility.
Now, all that being said, there might be some businesses that I patronize that are discriminating without me knowing or they are some business that I simply do not have an alternative to (which is why I support antidiscrimination laws) without some serious financial impact or it would cause some other issues. I would try to find an alternative as soon as I could if it were due to not having one that I could see that was viable at that time. Unfortunately, there are times when we do have to do things that we might not want to do. Luckily, this is not likely to happen on such a huge scale that I am concerned about, just looking at the possibility.