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Where do you stand on the new legislation signed by Indiana Governor Mike Pence?
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Hopefully, most everyone agrees that LBGT folks should not be turned away from the lunch counter, as opponents of this new legislation say the law allows for. But, a Libertarian friend of mine posed this argument, which has me thinking about where all of this leads:
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Hopefully, most everyone agrees that LBGT folks should not be turned away from the lunch counter, as opponents of this new legislation say the law allows for. But, a Libertarian friend of mine posed this argument, which has me thinking about where all of this leads:
My (essentially libertarian) position is... when government limits freedom (the freedom of idiot, bigoted business owners to choose not to make money from someone because they are gay, for example) a valuable piece of information is removed from society: namely, "who are the idiot, bigoted business owners!" The law itself should be unnecessary. Let business owners who are racists, bigots, homophobes, etc., discriminate. Why would you want to do business with them anyway? If I was part of a discriminated class, I would be worried sick if government forced business owners to serve me. "Which ones are the bad ones? That guy glared at me weird. Is he going to pee in my wedding cake batter?" etc. Stangely, and counterintuitively, allowing people to act on their bigotry does a service for society. It shows who the idiots are and allows the good folks to fight them (peacefully) with boycotts and campaigns.
Both you and I don't have a right to force someone to sell us stuff. If you're a gay kinkos owner, do you have to print the Westboro Baptist Church's order for the God Hates #### protest signs?