Quote:How is taking photos of someone 'aiding and abetting'. Photos aren't required at a wedding. You're not aiding anything. You're taking photos of it. That'd be like saying someone is aiding and abetting human rights violations if they take photographs of it. You're not participating in it, unless you're the one getting married. Or perhaps in the case of officiant.


I mean what if your religion is against interracial marriage? Do you get to turn down an interracial couple because of it too?


Do you generally go to McDonalds and request they sell lobster? Or how about going to Wal-Mart and demanding they sell you a car?

To me being present at a wedding for whatever reason is a tacit sign of approval, intentional or not. That's my reasoning. Which is why in good conscience I could not provide a service that would benefit or have me involved in that wedding. That's my point. I'm neither a baker nor photographer so for me it's moot, I'm just uncomfortable of the prospect that the government can and has forced devout people to do something that to them is unconscionable. I can't remember the exact circumstances but there was a baker in Arizona who was forced to bake a cake after being brought to court by a gay couple.


For the record, again, I'm politically neutral. But as said before, I wonder if the government can force that, what else can they force upon I?

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