This is so way off topic though (and I don’t want to get in trouble). The essence of it is this. I think your dictates about abortion and gay marriage stem from your religious belief. But why should your religious beliefs or interpretation of scripture govern me? And do your beliefs about the intrinsic value of something necessarily make it so?

I don’t understand how denying someone the right to discriminate limits their private property rights as a landlord.

It is THEIR property. If you do not like their choices of whom they rent to, buy a property and rent it yourself.

They own property to collect rents. Where do the line end there? No divorcees? No unmarried couples? No unwed mothers? And if they are fully capable of paying the rent and not messing up the property, how exactly is the landlord harmed?

It is his property. If renting to certain tenants would make him uncomfortable for any reason, even one you do not agree with, he should not be forced to rent to those tenants.

And you sidestep the point on where religious doctrine mandates denying housing to anyone. Failing some demonstration of that, it cannot be an imposition on free expression of religion.

Try 1 Corinthians 5:11.

Forced? I don’t think they would be allowed to discriminate if benefits were offered to other couples.

If it is a private company, why should the owners not be allowed to do with their money as they please?

Forced? I don’t think they would be allowed to discriminate if benefits were offered to other couples. But they are free to change their benefit programs at any time.

You use pesticides or certainly know people who do. That is systematically wiping out particular species inclusive of their offspring and zygotes.

Humans all the time convert land for our use and deprive species of their habitat. That’s a pretty systematic way of getting rid of them. We did that with bison for sure.

And you equate them with humans?

Humans all the time convert land for our use and deprive species of their habitat. That’s a pretty systematic way of getting rid of them. We did that with bison for sure.

I don’t understand how denying someone the right to discriminate limits their private property rights as a landlord. They own property to collect rents. Where do the line end there? No divorcees? No unmarried couples? No unwed mothers? And if they are fully capable of paying the rent and not messing up the property, how exactly is the landlord harmed? And you sidestep the point on where religious doctrine mandates denying housing to anyone. Failing some demonstration of that, it cannot be an imposition on free expression of religion.

Forced? I don’t think they would be allowed to discriminate if benefits were offered to other couples. But they are free to change their benefit programs at any time.

If there is even one such landlord, his freedom of religion, and his property rights, should prevail.

Finally, the difference is that they would be FORCED to provide such benefits.

Are there a lot of landlords that are using their religious beliefs to dictate who they will rent to? Even still, I’d be interested in the scripture that instructs Christians to deny people housing.

Currently business are more often offering benefits to domestic partners as a way to attract an retain talent. I don’t see what the difference would be.

On that note, ALL zygotes?