So, my brother lives in a home that was built before it was surrounded by golf courses and homes built with the intention of being part of a HOA and everything that goes with that. Because my brother's house was there before all of that he is exempt from paying into and adhering to the HOA rules. In other words, he was grandfathered in. 

 

This is what I meant when I said the folks we're discussing shouldn't lose their jobs due to a law that wasn't in effect when they started their job and now requires a specific duty that goes against their obvious belief. Thus being grandfathered in. Now if someone started the job after the ruling THEN tried to get out of doing that specific function due to their belief then yes, they should lose it or quit. They were hired knowing that was part of the job description. Someone who doesn't agree with abortion isn't going to apply to an abortion clinic because they know what it entails. The people we're talking about were hired before this law added to the job description something they morally don't believe in.

 

And by the way, I personally don't care who marries whom. I don't agree with it as a Christian but I'm not going to tell someone they can't marry someone else. What people do is their decision. I'm just tired of being considered a bigot because I have a difference of opinion. I don't hate anyone. Hate and a difference of opinion are two totally different things though these days it's often considered to be one and the same. 

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