A Texas lawmaker sponsoring a religious freedom proposal (read right to hate law) asked in defense of his bigoted bill, "Should a Jewish bakery have to bake a cake for a neo-Nazi convention? (Like they'd ask.) Or should a gay florist have to give flowers to a Westboro Baptist protest?" (Since when do they bring flowers?) My answer is yes. Don't get your undies in a knot because someone you don't approve of wants to pay you good money to provide a service. It's not a big deal, but getting in an emotional heat and filled with self-righteous hatred is a big deal in a free country. Especially when you're not really expressing your religious beliefs, but looking for one more reason to be viciously angry, one more excuse to be a self-righteous bigoted prig. State Representative Matt Krause a Republican (what else?) from Fort Worth just wants to hide behind a law that allows him to be a nasty evangelical, homophobic piece of shit. Those kind of laws are evil and destructive and completely unnecessary in a free society. Besides many of the people who want this law, including Herr Krause, would be more than happy to bake the Nazi cake and provide the Westboro flowers.
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