Yes, America guarantees the right to freedom to practice any religion, but nowhere does it state that by practicing a religion you may discriminate against selected persons. People have used this excuse to justify slavery as well as discrimination against African Americans, yet laws were created to protect African Americans and stop actions that are similar to what is happening to the LGBTQ community. The problem with the excuse of religious freedom is the fact that no religion including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam states that the people following the religion have the right to refuse service to someone based on their religious beliefs against certain people. Religions may be intolerant towards gays, but there is nothing directly stating that a person should not serve someone who has a belief that disagrees with your own technically meaning that the excuse of religious freedom is exactly that, an excuse. A person cannot be following a religious belief that does not even
Yes, America guarantees the right to freedom to practice any religion, but nowhere does it state that by practicing a religion you may discriminate against selected persons. People have used this excuse to justify slavery as well as discrimination against African Americans, yet laws were created to protect African Americans and stop actions that are similar to what is happening to the LGBTQ community. The problem with the excuse of religious freedom is the fact that no religion including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam states that the people following the religion have the right to refuse service to someone based on their religious beliefs against certain people. Religions may be intolerant towards gays, but there is nothing directly stating that a person should not serve someone who has a belief that disagrees with your own technically meaning that the excuse of religious freedom is exactly that, an excuse. A person cannot be following a religious belief that does not even