It's difficult because people are difficult. All these southerners wanting to pass religious freedom bills just so that they can fuck gays and non-christians over.
Yeah... Christians aren't trying to "fuck gays and non-Christians over."
Many Christians believe that marriage should be between a man and woman, that's probably the biggest part, and the other part (probs a lot smaller) is the fear that laws would eventually lead to churches being forced to perform homosexual marriage ceremonies and going against what they believe in.
(also, for those people who are reading this and feel the blind rage of triggeredness. I'm not saying I agree with anything. I just disagree the assessment of Christian doing something just to be assholes)
The problem lies with bills that would allow businesses to deny services to gays. Sure, I guess it wouldn't be too bad if you just had to worry about a bakery or two, but where is the line drawn? What if hospitals were able to deny care to gays? What if it was all businesses? Or an important transportation service? Or if banks were able to refuse transactions? These are the types of fears that we have.
Oh I get it. Personally, I'm a Christian and I have yet to hear of of business denying someone service (due to sexual preference) and agreeing with the business. It's very isolating too, when the majority of people in your religion agree with the business for "standing up for what they believe in" and then acting like Christians are loosing their rights. Btw, the reason I don't agree with the business is because their customer base wasn't just Christians or people claiming the faith before they decided to "take a stand."
If your business is open to the community you need to serve the community; even those you don't agree with. Oh my, who else did that? The big JC himself.
All laws are based in some sort of belief system. The problem comes when belief systems clash. Therefore we have methods and rules to find the common ground of those beliefs. But to say no law should be based on religion is too broad a statement.
The problem is morals are arbitrary based on the belief systems that created the initial laws. In the US and many other countries it is illegal and in general believed to be contrary to moral living to wed a 12-14 year old. But in other countries it is considered okay and even expected. Why? because those laws were initially based in religious beliefs and have become the "moral" center of the people. Most western morals come from the christian faith. As society grows these morals are shifting, based on the beliefs of others, whether different religious beliefs or the belief that this is okay but the other is not. Who is to say that my beliefs are wrong and yours are not, that my moral guide book is wrong and your is not? We all have opinions about what is right and just and moral and they are different and that is okay. What is not okay is for me to force you to live by my morals or for you to force me to live by yours if those actions do not affect the others rights or liberty
Many Christians believe that marriage should be between a man and woman, that's probably the biggest part, and the other part (probs a lot smaller) is the fear that laws would eventually lead to churches being forced to perform homosexual marriage ceremonies and going against what they believe in.
(also, for those people who are reading this and feel the blind rage of triggeredness. I'm not saying I agree with anything. I just disagree the assessment of Christian doing something just to be assholes)
If your business is open to the community you need to serve the community; even those you don't agree with. Oh my, who else did that? The big JC himself.