Good news: A philosopher argues why no one has the right to refuse services to LGBT people
From the article:
Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that gay people have the right to marry, those upset by this ruling have shifted their strategy from denying the right to limiting its enforcement.
Even if gay people have a right to marry, they argue, people also have the liberty to practice their religion as they wish. Accordingly, they claim, they cannot be forced to aid or abet those seeking to marry partners of the same sex...................
So when people claim that aiding and abetting gay marriage would infringe on their religious liberty, in most cases what they must mean is that this would violate their particular conception of positive liberty their particular conception of how we each should live, a conception that is based on their religious views.
To read more:
http://religionnews.com/2017/07/26/a-philosopher-argues-why-no-one-has-the-right-to-refuse-services-to-lgbt-people/
Good news in that it contributes to the necessary dialogue. Bad is that in 2017 many people still insist on their claimed right to treat others as second class citizens.