What religion forbids interracial marriage?
This law does is not about discrimination. Discrimination is against the law.
This law is about giving a person their chance in court to show why they have refused to participate in an activity because of their religious beliefs.
What religion forbids interracial marriage?
A Muslim refusing to serve my wife, based on her appearance, would be discrimination. My wife requesting the Muslim baker to bake a cake embellished with a degrading image of Mohammed would be forcing the Muslim to go against his religious convictions.
That is what the law is about.
It could also be legal for a Muslim baker to refuse to seve your wife unless she is wearing a burka.
What religion forbids interracial marriage?
A Muslim refusing to serve my wife, based on her appearance, would be discrimination. My wife requesting the Muslim baker to bake a cake embellished with a degrading image of Mohammed would be forcing the Muslim to go against his religious convictions.
That is what the law is about.
Do you agree that a Muslim baker who refuses to bake a cake embellished with a degrading image of Mohammed should be fined and/or time in jail?
What if your wife requested a plain old regular wedding cake from a Muslim bakery? Would the Muslim baker be okay to deny that request because the wedding was not a Muslim wedding?
It's telling that the examples you're using are extreme - a swastika cake or a degrading Mohammed cake are hardly applicable hypotheticals to this situation.
It's not a matter of denying someone a cake that displays offensive imagery, it's a matter of denying someone a regular cake that you would happily sell to the next customer. That's where this law absolutely is about discrimination.
It is highly unlikely a Muslim baker would deny a request for "a plain old regular wedding cake".
He might if the request was for a same-sex marriage cake.
If he did, I would support his right to do so.
It is highly unlikely a Muslim baker would deny a request for "a plain old regular wedding cake".
He might if the request was for a same-sex marriage cake.
If he did, I would support his right to do so.
.Angie's List (ANGI) rejected the compromise, becoming the first major Indiana company to do so.
"Our position is that this 'fix' is insufficient," said Bill Oesterle, CEO of Angie's List."There was no repeal of RFRA and no end to discrimination of homosexuals in Indiana."
It is highly unlikely a Muslim baker would deny a request for "a plain old regular wedding cake".
He might if the request was for a same-sex marriage cake.
If he did, I would support his right to do so.
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So what if we make a restaurant owned and operated by gay people...
Would it be fair to say "sorry we don't serve people of faith..."?
But would it be fair to say we don't serve straight people? Cause it's against our faith we just made up?
1. What constitutes a religion?
Per Scientology, any group that can bully and harass the IRS into stamping the document that declares you a religion, is a religion.
Generally under the law there are fairly well-developed tests/thresholds for religious beliefs. Because we are operating under the common law there will be variations from jurisdiction to jurisdiction but generally speaking at a very minimum you have to demonstrate that it is a genuinely held belief. So no, you can't just "make up" a faith.