There is now a third action being brought against Jack Phillips, the dissident baker.Quote:
The legal doctrine of "public accommodations" first came to prominence as a civil-rights matter in the case of racial segregation at a time when African Americans could hardly travel in much of the country as a practical matter. The exclusion of black Americans from public life, when piled on the legacy of slavery, severely circumscribed the lives and opportunities of African Americans. While there is still rank bigotry directed at homosexuals, the situation of gay Americans in the 21st century is not very much like that of African Americans in the 1940s. To accommodate the religious principles of those with traditional views of marriage in this matter requires only a trivial and largely symbolic concession: It is a lot easier to find a gay-friendly caterer in Colorado in the 21stcentury than it was to find a hotel open to African Americans in Alabama in 1937. These are not of equal moral weight.
But the point of this exercise unlike the point of the civil-rights reforms of an earlier era is not to provide for the integration of gay Americans into civil life or to enable them to organize their own affairs on their own terms and to engage in the pursuit of happiness in the way that seems best to them. Instead, the point of this harassment and it is only harassment is to bully and coerce dissidents into obedience and conformity. That "dissident baker" is a genuine political category speaks eloquently to the insanity of our times.
This is persecution, and it is unjust. It should be addressed with whatever legal and political means are necessary to bring it to a stop. And a few people in Colorado should grow the hell up.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/masterpiece-cakeshops-jack-phillips-persecution/
This article is making a point I've felt the need to stress for some time. Liberals aren't liberal anymore. They are the enforcers of the new civic religion. Toe the line, or be punished.