Business Owners Refusing Service to Gays

Business Owners Refusing Service to Gays Kaleigh Comish, Chris Wilson, Adam ratto Salt !a"e Community College

Kaleigh Comish, Chris Wilson, Adam ratto

Business Owners Refusing Service to Gays

Brent Andrus B#S$%&% A'ril $(, )%$& Business Owners Refusing Service to Gays On *hursday e+ruary )%th, )%$& a +ill was 'assed which would change the lives of many, *he Ari-ona !egislature gave final a''roval on the +ill which allows +usiness owners to refuse service to gays, .emocrats were e/tremely em+arrassed a+out this 'ro'osal and called it 0state1sanctioned discrimination,2 *he +ill is stressed to +e a+out religious freedom, not a+out discrimination, 0*he +ill allows any +usiness, church or 'erson to cite the law as a defense in any action +rought +y the government or individual claiming discrimination, 3t also allows the +usiness or 'erson to see" an in4unction once they show their actions are +ased on a sincere religious +elief and the claim 'laces a +urden on the e/ercise of their religion2 5*he Associated 6ress7, *here have +een numerous cases concerning +usiness and the rights of gay 'eo'le such as8 the +a"er in Colorado who would not ma"e a ca"e for the cele+ration of a gay marriage, the Boy Scouts of America not allowing gay men to +e leaders, a 9ew :e/ico 'hotogra'her who was sued after refusing to ta"e wedding 'ictures for a gay cou'le, among many others, *he issue here is whose rights should we 'rotect; Should we +e willing to allow +usiness owners to discriminate against gay 'eo'le for their se/ual orientation; Or would it +e more acce'ta+le to tell +usiness owners they have to serve anyone and everyone regardless of their se/ual orientation; When loo"ing at +oth sides of the argument, it is hard to tell who is 0right,2 rom a gay 'ersons 'ers'ective, it would +e highly offensive to not +e served +ecause of se/ual 'references, 3t could +e annoying seeing every other 'erson +eing served, +esides yourself +ecause you are with someone of the same se/, On the other hand, it is hard, if not im'ossi+le to se'arate +usiness and religion, *he +usiness'erson is the same 'erson at his church as he is at his +usiness, 3t would +e difficult to live +y one standard at wor" and a com'letely different standard outside of wor", *here are two sides of this issue, Who is to say which is the more ethical side; *he !egislature made a +ig decision on e+ruary )%th allowing +usiness owners to refuse service to gays, Was it the right decision; References

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