Cite religious liberty to deny service to gays? #tellusatoday

What do you think of business owners, citing religious freedom, who refuse to serve gay couples? Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

Such establishments should be free to follow their values. Those who disagree are free to do business elsewhere.

— @satiresofjuvena

If you want to serve the public, you can't pick or choose whom. Discrimination is wrong.

— @KenWarnock

I'm sick of how people use religion as a way to justify treating people badly. Jesus is about love and helping. Not hate!

— @tmoses2755

It should be up to business owners. If they want to give up revenue, that's their choice.

— @WhatMeganSaid

Religious freedom means freedom to worship, not freedom to discriminate.

— @chowmeraner1

Letter to the editor:

Commentary writer Kirsten Powers' piece expressed my sentiments about the Kansas bill that would have allowed businesses to refuse to provide services to same-sex couples ("Jim Crow laws for gays and lesbians? Column").

In addition, I agree that the Kansas bill was discriminatory. If the bill had passed, it would have opened a Pandora's box.

For instance, even some traditional marriages go against the religious beliefs of most Christians.

Would a business owner or an employee have been allowed to refuse to bake or decorate a cake for even a heterosexual couple's wedding whose upcoming marriage was the direct result of infidelity? Where does one draw the line?

Kay Weeks; Pensacola, Fla.

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