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religious beliefs?
moral beliefs?
whatever else you can come up with?
Let's start with religious and moral beliefs, as "whatever else you can come up with" is a little broad.
The short answer is "Hell no." And that'll be a "hell no" for left leaining activists and a "hell no" for right leaning activists. People should be allowed to believe what they choose to believe, no matter how unpleasant someone else might find those beliefs.
When it comes to "whatever else you can come up with" - I'm not really sure what that means... there are some things that are banned because they are dangerous (like "kinder eggs" for example) - There's a strong argument that says that government shouldn't be acting like a child minder, and that the fact that something is "dangerous" doesn't give you a right to ban it. The sale of cocaine in corner stores is banned because it's illegal to sell cocaine...
I think it is wrong for a city council to ban a fast food outlet because of the way it chooses to give donations or political support. Sure, people who are offended by that fast food outlet's stance can boycott it, they can exercise their democratic right to complain about it, but unless that fast food outlet has broken a law, there is no justification in banning it.
I think the question brings to light some of the confusion that some people have had over a couple of the recent cases... I am not in favour of banning anything, but I am strongly in favour of sanctioning businesses that break the law, whether that is by failing to meet their obligations to keep the kitchens clean, or their legal obligation not to discriminate.
If people don't like anti-discrimination law, they have a process through which they can have the law changed... in the meantime, I am very much in favour of people being required to obey the law, whatever their moral, political, or religious beliefs.
It does seem to me that the reliance that some people on the right place on the "religious" nature of the beliefs that cause some people to break the law should some how give them an exemption for the law is a little odd. I think it's pretty clear that the US constitution specifically bars the special treatment of people on the basis of religion, but I guess if people with deeply held beliefs want to change that law, there's a process for that too.
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