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Comment by azth | Hacker News Reader

Yes, and the woman has a right that her views are not discriminated against and that she is not forced to engage in spreading sin.

You can't have it both ways if you claim absolute freedom. This is one major place where liberalism falls apart.

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She actually does not have a right to own a business and not comply with nondescrimination law. I think the idea that “doing your job regardless of who you have to do business with” is somehow “spreading sin” is, frankly, bordering on silly. If she disagrees, no one is forcing her to be in the wedding website business. Unless her only back up plan is cake baking, she can do almost any other job and she will not be forced to go against her fringe viewpoint. I believe in absolute freedom in that I believe she is absolutely free to do whatever the fuck she wants as long as it’s not illegal.

It's not illegal to refuse to do business with someone. It's quite ironic how keeping morality is now somehow a "fringe" action, but not spreading sexual immorality.

Absolute freedom... what does this even mean to you?

I don't believe in absolute freedom, that's the point.

Well, you still have to define it if you want me to know what you're talking about.

Our actions and what we are allowed to do are constrained by God's orders. He owns us, and defines what we are and are not allowed to engage in. It is a consistent and non-contradicting system, unlike the liberal atheist view where the poles keep moving.

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