Reverse discrimination

There appears to be growing evidence that the advancement of gay rights, particularly gay marriage, does cause discrimination against people of faith.  So "no bullying" leads to bullying.

In one case a Portland couple is under investigation for declining to fashion a wedding cake for a lesbian couple

There are similar cases in the UK, one involving a marriage counselor who felt giving marriage advice to gay couples violated her faith.

While the secular society claims there can be no absolutes, it is clear full acceptance of gay inclusion is a secular absolute that is increasingly enforced with public accusations of irrational bigotry and now the threat of legal ramifications. So the force of law, the courts and eventually the police will almost certainly be used to make sure everyone complies with the new sexual ethic.


Meanwhile in the UK, Muslim factions (not particularly well disposed to gay rights), provide a threat of the imposition of Sharia law, a factor not usually considered by Christian progressives who spend oodles of ink blasting Christian conservatives for their intolerance.

And of course what does this represent but the use of force to insure compliance with a particular viewpoint.  The difference is that the Muslim viewpoint is truly absolutist, while the gay agenda that pretends to be "inclusive" becomes increasingly intolerant of any dissent.

If discrimination is defined as "your viewpoint tramples on my viewpoint and I don't like it" then there is no chance of resolving conflicts.  This is the tribal warfare virtually guaranteed by the post-modern rejection of objective truth. 

If on the other hand discrimination is defined by an external standard of fairness, where the scales of justice are expected to play no favoritism, where some basic fundamental rights are endowed by a Creator and not granted by whoever happens to be in power, there is at least hope for the possibility of fairness.

Problem is, an external standard of fairness may also require folks to consider other moral questions, such as whether all sexual activities are equally moral or whether folks can be coerced by law or by force to either accept a religious viewpoint or reject it.