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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: TimF who wrote (82474)3/21/2013 10:33:58 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
They don't have a right (except perhaps a purely legal one) to make an enforceable demand for equal treatment.

They have an enforceable right to equal treatment under law. Surely you noticed that. <g>

Its private business, still private, not government.

Sure, private vs government. But not private as in the privacy of one's own home or one's own thoughts. When we venture out into society we have to follow the basic rules of society. We drive on the right side of the street. We don't have the liberty to drive on the left side, at least not without the risk of consequences. Liberty is not absolute. Government makes laws that constrain it. I agree with you that liberty should be maximized and that there are lot of constraints on liberty that are unnecessary and burdensome. But when it comes to the laws that enable peaceful and cooperative interaction amongst citizens, as opposed to what we do in our own homes or in strictly social situations, equal treatment applies, sometimes at the expense of liberty.

The trick is to weight all the various interests and rights to maximize the rights of everyone. It is not reasonable to think that one's own rights should always trump those of everyone else or that one's personal favorite right should universally trump all other rights. The free exercise of religion, when exercised in public, has and must have constraints. Individuals may differ on the particular balance of rights in any given scenario but I don't see how one could reasonably believe that the free exercise of religion is the granddaddy of all rights.

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