Typical bigotry from runner in referring to being gay as a 'lifestyle'. Homophobia lives long and hard on OLO.

There will be ways around any draconian discrimination laws against celebrants, bakers etc., and attitudes towards laws are getting slacker all the time in Australia. You can get a good behaviour bond for killing someone these days, so what would you get for not baking a cake or marrying someone? Anyway, it has been shown that homosexuals have lots of fellow travellers who will surely have bakers and marriage celebrants among them. And, of course, it would not be advisable for homosexuals to deliberately provoke service providers whom they know do not want to deal with them. The law might be weak, but there are lawyers out there panting to sue people who try to bring others into disrepute.

'Typical bigotry from runner in referring to being gay as a 'lifestyle'. Homophobia lives long and hard on OLO.'

especially when lefites steal language and twist it in order to promote their bigotry as has minotaur.

Of course, compelling a florist, a baker or a marriage celebrant to provide services for something that they feel strongly against is sure to get the best service and discounts for the special day you want to remember.

Give it up bigots. YOU LOST!

Any exceptions for magic fairy believers are surely going to be closely followed by exemptions for jew haters, racists, witches, pagans, nazis, et al.
Be careful what you wish for bigots.

You might be forced to wear a gold cross on your sleeve or tattoo it on your head.
Just so all those athiest businesses can refuse you service.
It would only be fair wouldnt it?
Be careful what you wish for bigots.

Hay Alan B,
I think your position is actually correct.
If we support discrimination on an 'individuals beliefs' basis, we're going to run into issues like 'Muslim Uber and Taxi drivers refusing to take Blind people with Guide Dogs', (If there is some religious basis to dislike dogs in the Quran)
- So there is actually good reason why there should be no discrimination based on 'individuals beliefs'.

But it's all gotten really catty, don't you think?
And since it has:

What I want to know is if any Muslim or Jewish butchers will discriminate against me by not providing me with a Christmas ham?
C'mon people, it goes both ways!!

They could say they don't sell pork products.
I could argue they are doing so because of THEIR religious beliefs.
I could argue that any non Jewish or non Muslim Butcher would typically sell me a ham.
Therefore they are discriminating against me.

How does my argument stand up?
This is an example of all the 'fine print' you need to work through...

And by the way (to everyone) I might disagree with multiculturalism, the level of immigration and I'm not too fond of Israel or Islam, - but you don't see me going around like gays do trying to mess with individual Muslim and Jewish butchers lives and beliefs in a snidely petty manner do you?