Freedom of Religion and Gay Marriage

I know I'll get a lot of flack for this but I'm saying it anyway. If a business does not support gay marriage and feels they would be violating their conscience to take the pictures or make the cake or whatever, because they think it's offensive to God, and they live to please and in fear of GOD, who should they worry about pleasing? God or you? If they feel it would displease a God who they believe is offended by gay marriage, why can't you respect that and find a business who does support gay marriage? Supposedly, the majority of Americans do. So, what's the problem?
There's really no point in arguing about it. You either agree with those who don't support gay marriage or you don't. People who are against Christians who think abortion is a sin always say something like this: "If you don't believe in abortion, don't get one." So using that reasoning, I say, "If the person you ask to take your marriage pictures feels they would be violating their conscience and feels supporting gay marriage is offensive to GOD, why don't you simply find someone else to provide this service?" End of problem.
People are making way too much of this. Why? Because they like to argue. I guess...
People who don't support gay marriage don't support gay marriage because they believe it offends God and they feel it ultimately will harm people and their eternal destiny. Which, by the way, is LOVE, not hate or fear. This does not mean they hate the people or are "discriminating" against them or would not allow them to eat in their restaurant. They should have the right to refuse service in a case where they feel that to render service would be offensive to God and in a "free" country, they should be entitled to that belief and the exercise thereof, short of being insulting or abusive.
A former roommate of mine is a woman who married a woman in 2008. Am I still her friend? Do I still love her? Would I be very mad if someone discriminated against her? Yes, I would. Do I think a woman marrying a woman is God's best for her? No. Does she know how I feel? Yes. Can we still "agree to disagree"? Yes. Do we have to get all mad and demonstrate and carry signs and whine about discrimination because someones feels that they just can't go there on a subject that will affect their life and their eternity? No. Come on, people. Think. We will all answer to GOD.

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