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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (75046)9/18/2003 11:31:43 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
I can get my head around the notion of freedom of conscience
in that I don't think he can be forced to massage someone his conscience won't
permit him to massage.

can you get your head around the notion that a restaurant owner in Annapolis in 1962 can't be forced to serve someone at his restaurant that his conscience won't permit him to serve? You know as well as I do, having been there at the time, that the absolute moral revulsion of some Southern whites for blacks was far more extreme than much contemporary revulsion against homosexuality. We simply have to make a social decision. Can a business owner select who they will and will not serve in their business based on race, creed, color, sexual orientation, etc., when there is no other rational ground for such discrimination? It's quite a simple question, really.
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