What happened to being able to conduct business according to your moral values? What's so wrong with a business person with personal values? I'd rather do business with someone who valued their own integrity and reputation. In the past several months, I've taken note of more than one situation in which someone claiming to stand on Biblical principles is sued, threatened, or fined, while those who oppose are actually lauded and applauded.
Last week we ran a couple of links in which one company was fined for refusing service. When that news hit social media, a gofundme page was set up. Gofundme, however; took the page down. The claim was made that the people could keep what had been collected, but gofundme was not willing to "do business" in this case. Let's consider for a moment that this online collection company undoubtedly has every possible loophole included in its "terms of service" and let's even assume someone actually read the entirety of the terms of service page before hitting "I agree," something is still missing. Gofundme is not a religious organization, and it does make a percentage from each donation, but since the fine had to do with a state law, Gofundme had a way out. I haven't checked to see if there are any gofundme pages to raise bail or pay a traffic ticket . . . gofundme has already lost my business.
The point I'm making here is honesty and integrity are being legislated out of doing business. I'll be crass and crude for just a moment. I saw the photo of the two lesbians who targeted this small business. I've also seen the photo of the florist that was targeted for refusing service for a gay wedding. You can't tell me there isn't a gay florist nearby that would have been happy to provide arrangements, bouquets/boutonnieres for the wedding. That is not being stereotypical, or maybe it is. In my previous town, I frequently did business with a florist who was openly gay. I never asked him to make arrangements for a wedding, though. But this isn't about me, this is about some companies being able to choose who they do business with, while others are not able to choose.
Now on to my crass, crudeness. That baker could have simply told the two women she would bake their cake, but . . . A friend of mine suggested he would take photos of a gay wedding but tell them upfront, every dime he made would be donated to an organization that speaks out against the LGBT agenda. That's one idea. Another one, since you know you'd be targeted, is to make just enough comments as to cause them to wonder if you'd put anything unpleasant in their cake . . . then after they paid for the cake and had it analyzed, the cake would be ruined but no unpleasant additive would be found. Then, of course, there might be the temptation to just get on their level, smile sweetly, take their detailed order, and lick the beaters . . . before making the cake.
To legislate against values and integrity could have some very disturbing results that congest the court system for years to come.
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