Persecuting a pizzeria<\/a> that said, when asked by an industrious reporter, that hypothetically, they wouldn\u2019t cater to a gay wedding \u2014 that\u2019s not about remedying discrimination. \u00a0What\u2019s more, in no case that I\u2019m aware of, when a gay or lesbian couple looking for a venue, a photographer, a baker, a florist, etc., for a wedding or commitment ceremony, has learned that their first choice turned them down, or one of their short list\u00a0from whom they hoped to obtain quotes, in any case, or a provider that they called for \u201ctesting\u201d purposes \u2014 in no such case did they experience real, tangible\u00a0harm. \u00a0There is no gay and lesbian version of the Green Book. \u00a0For that matter, given the creative nature of the wedding-provider occupations, I would imagine that disproportionately-many of them are not only A-OK with gay marriage, but positively enthusiastic about it.<\/p>\nInstead, the harm that they describe is that of hurt feelings.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s even clearer that\u00a0the backlash against Memories Pizza is not about harm they have caused anyone, but about people upset at the very idea that someone could entertain the thoughts they have.<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n
Actual harm is irrelevant. \u00a0It\u2019s about the use of the law not to provide equal rights but to enforce a moral code.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here\u2019s an observation: Civil Rights laws were passed to remedy the real harm that was done to blacks owing to discrimination against them. \u00a0(See my older post on the topic.) Persecuting a pizzeria that said, when asked by an industrious reporter, that hypothetically, they wouldn\u2019t cater to a gay wedding \u2014 that\u2019s not about remedying […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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