TURTLESHROOM II wrote:Vassenor wrote:So where does the bible explicitly demand that homosexuals be discriminated against?
The Bible explicitly forbids Christians from practicing sexual immorality, in both Testaments. The Bible explicitly condemns homosexuality and sodomy as sinful abominations, in both Testaments. This includes a refusal to participate in pro-LGBT events.
(Besides, this fundamentalist baker has been frequented by many LGBT customers and he never denied them service until they tried to shake him down into celebrating homosexuality.)
The Bible orders Christians to follow the law and submit to the state unless the state compels them to defy/renounce God and/or to participate in sin. This is a clear-cut case of that very matter: honor God and possibly go to prison or bankruptcy, or kneel before the altar of sodomy and defy one's Christian fundamentalism.
The free expression of religion does not end at the threshold of the church vestibule.
So nothing explicitly commanding them to discriminate against homosexuals then.