How far should political correctness take us?

[Junior Bonner]

Do we force Muslim t-shirt store owners to print shirts that defame Allah?

Do we force Catholic t-shirt store owners to print shirts showing support for abortion?

Do we force liberal t-shirt store owners to show conservative values on their shirts?

When is enough, enough?

Eventually things come full circle, and it will be correct to be politically incorrect. But things have a way to go before they have run their course.

 

[Dave70968]

Should your church wedding be subject to a tax (marriage license) by the government?

Personally, I think marriage should be between the church and those wedding, with no government involvement whatsoever. If said church wants to marry gay couples, that should be between that church and those couples, not your church, it's parishioners and those gay couples that don't attend your church.

At the same time, no marriage should carry any weight of law. If you want to be bound to someone for legal purposes, that should be a civil union contract performed at a courthouse. Only that union should count for taxes, establishment of financial responsibility, matters of death, etc. That civil union shouldn't necessarily require the couple to be married, nor even romantically involved.

One of our biggest problems today is government sticking it's fingers in pies that have absolutely nothing to do with civil order or good governance. Likewise, The People need to stop looking to government for the solution to all that vexes them. Be responsible for ourselves and those we're bound to. At the same time, stop trying to impose our will on those who don't wish to be bound to it. JMO, YMMV

I agree entirely with this. In fact, Oklahoma defines "marriage" as a civil contract (43 O.S. 1). However, as long as we're going to have the government involved, it seems inequitable for the State's definition to be based on a religion that not all people follow. It almost starts to look like a "law respecting an establishment of religion," imposing that definition on the entire population, whether or not any individual member shares it....

 

[TwoForFlinching]

The religious definition is moot as religious establishments and churches around the country are starting to recognize gay marriage as legit holy matrimony.