tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post7431736829375885154..comments2024-03-04T05:55:35.225-05:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Gay rights laws anything but tolerantMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-49905168745648167262014-01-17T11:26:07.226-05:002014-01-17T11:26:07.226-05:00"The T-shirt design shows a stylized number 5..."The T-shirt design shows a stylized number 5 and the words "Lexington Pride Festival" on the front and the event's sponsors on the back.<br /><br />Read more here: http://www.kentucky.com/2012/04/01/2134901/tom-eblen-in-t-shirt-discrimination.html#storylink=cpy"<br /><br />Yep, I remembered correctly. No anti-Christian message on the t-shirt at all.KyCobbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-25081108515528387942014-01-16T16:43:21.954-05:002014-01-16T16:43:21.954-05:00Yes, you can refuse to print offensive material. ...Yes, you can refuse to print offensive material. But the t-shirt company in question wasn't asked to print anti-Christian t-shirts, were they? KyCobbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-89291919763652402382014-01-16T13:11:57.107-05:002014-01-16T13:11:57.107-05:00KyCobb,
You can use the same argument for all kin...KyCobb,<br /><br />You can use the same argument for all kinds of good and bad causes. That's not a problem with the form of the argument.<br /><br />Do you believe that if, say, a gay-owned T-shirt company were asked to print anti-gay T-shirts that they should have the right to refuse?Martin Cothranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-37774302839560278392014-01-16T09:45:18.797-05:002014-01-16T09:45:18.797-05:00These same arguments could've been made fifty ...These same arguments could've been made fifty years ago against laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race because racists claimed their beliefs were religious. In fact in 2012 a racist church in Kentucky barred an interracial couple from marrying there. So do you support the right to engage in religiously based racial discrimination by businesses?KyCobbnoreply@blogger.com