My previous post was apparently a bit controversial. Society programs us to think certain ways on certain issues. The same guy who demands his freedom on issue A is often unwilling to let you exercise yours on issue B. There’s a shortage of intellectual honesty.<\/p>\n
The Constitution is an excellent philosophical and practical guide when individual rights are in question. I’m not interested in arguing the same sex marriage issue in this post, but IF there is such a thing as a legally recognized marriage between two members of the same sex, THEN individuals who pursue this course must understand that others might have serious moral concerns about the lifestyle. Those who object to the concept of same sex marriage are free to make their arguments in the public square, but they are NOT free to threaten or assault their opponents. But gay couples must recognize that when their lifestyle directly challenges a moral conviction, others should not be forced to engage in commerce they find offensive. Some tolerance is required on both sides.<\/p>\n
It will be interesting to see what happens if a gay couple insists that an Islamic bakery prepare their wedding cake.<\/p>\n
Pedro made an interesting point when he asked why businesses are not afforded the same rights as individuals? They should be, as businesses are merely individuals engaging in commercial activity. But the media and the political left constantly scapegoat firms as villains looking for opportunities to deprive employees of health care, pay people less than they should, and otherwise cheat the general public. But free exchange is moral <\/em>and is largely responsible for the advanced society in which we live. Those running the country fail to understand this and are doomed to paddle upstream until they do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My previous post was apparently a bit controversial. Society programs us to think certain ways on certain issues. The same guy who demands his freedom on issue A is often unwilling to let you exercise yours on issue B. There’s a shortage of intellectual honesty. The Constitution is an excellent philosophical and practical guide when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/battle4liberty.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}