Indiana Shows the Left Has No Concept of Freedom

The above was interesting to me. There is a vast gulf between compelling the state by law to tolerate something like gay marriage, and compelling individuals by threat of defamation and boycott to go beyond tolerance and into acceptance and welcome the practice.

Defamation is illegal. Boycott has always been an acceptable means for private individuals to express their displeasure with policies. Or don't you think private individuals should be able to boycott?

When we have religious freedom, that means Guy X over there can do whatever religion he wants, and you can't stop him. You don't have to be happy about it. You don't have to invite him into your bedroom. You don't have to hold pizza parties in his honor. You don't have to give him a great big hug and tell him how wonderful his religion is. You merely have to not interfere with it.

Actually, religious freedom doesn't mean Guy X can do whatever his religion wants. Otherwise, Guy X may kill gay people, witches and anyone who his God deems as deserving to be killed.

So the left has double standards here.

It isn't double standards, it is consistency.

Clearly they accept the bill of rights.

Yes. Do you?

Clearly the freedom of religion is one of those rights, and most on the left support this. Many on the left personally hate religion, but they tolerate it. This is how it should work.

The freedom of religion is of course limited. Like every other right is limited.

But in the case of gay marriage, they hold the rest of the population to a higher standard than tolerance. They are not satisified with religious people having to not interfere with gay marriage, no, they have to welcome it into their homes, organizations, personal lives, and give it a great big hug. They expect acceptance not tolerance of gay marriage, yet personally only extend tolerance to religious freedom.

But religious people do interfere with gay marriage. No one says you have to welcome gay people into your home or personal life. But if you run an organization that caters to the general public, then you have to treat all members of the general public fairly. You need to realize that religious freedom is not absolute, but like all rights, are limited. You're simply butting up against one of its limits.

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