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To: jhild who wrote (19347)	3/27/1998 7:12:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

But if he is talking about his rights in his own home- no one should be forced to have people in their own home who they cannot abide. The racist should not be forced to have persons of whatever race he doesn't like in his home. The religious, should not be forced to associate with others, etc, etc. I would argue that they are missing out if they choose isolation, but I think it is their right. What I do not think is right is fomenting hatred against another group of people that begets violence or persecution. I think that is wrong. But I also think it is equally wrong to tell people who they should have in their homes. That is an unacceptable intrusion. In the middle ground, though, lies the problem. Because I think it is hard to keep your distaste personal.

To: jhild who wrote (19347)	3/28/1998 2:12:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

jhild, I didn't exactly say that I wouldn't hire a homosexual in my home. I would indeed hire one if I felt like it. But if I was choosing between, for instance, a relative and a homosexual, I don't want the government getting the power to punish me for making a choice that somebody else could attempt to claim was discriminitory. Obviously also, I very much believe that in the privacy of my personal home, I can hire or fire whoever, for whatever I feel like it, without the government getting attempting to turn the place into another witch hunt. There are already altogether way too many powerful government agencies that can, with the spagetti code of laws we have already, and at the whim of a government employee, literally destroy someones business that they spent 10 years and more building. We don't need more senseless abuses of government power. Jesus said to render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's. Caesar coins the money and provides public works projects, defends the country against new invaders, etc. Jesus wasn't afraid of Caesar, but rendered to him what was due him. Jesus taught and preached personal morality very powerfully, and with great authority, and he paid little attention to whether or not Caesar personally approved of his teachings.