Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
Why exactly? And why exactly do you support this state of affairs?

You say people should be accepted as individuals. At the same time you condone the fact that people, institutions and companies discriminate on the basis of certain characteristics.

You say that, for instance, a Christian church is rightfully allowed to refuse Muslims. Then why can't a Christian church be rightfully allowed to refuse gays?
Ah, but if you read more closely into Louis' post, he actually allows a loophole for Christian Churches to refuse gays:

Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
...and churches can refuse those of different denomination.
If you are a practicing homosexual, and one of the tenets of a particular church is that homosexuality is an abomination, then you are obviously not an adherent of that particular church's beliefs, and by definition, are not of that denomination and can be barred from or not allowed to join that church.

Nothing wrong with that.

Again, I would ask that everobody go back and read the article upon which this thread was based, because people seem to have lost the original theme somewhat. This was not a case of a gay couple trying to force a Christian Church to marry them in a religious service. This was a case of a gay couple not being allowed to use a piece of property for a civil union ceremony, because the owners of that property were Christians and discriminated against them on that basis.

A very important distinction.