It’s near unanimous among the mainstream media and the American Left that a pizza shop should be required by the state to cater a gay wedding, or lose their livelihood. With that question apparently settled, I wonder in what other situations the government should force people to provide services. So I’ve compiled the following survey for our reporters and our progressive friends.
1. The Photographer
1a. The Bris: A fair number of secular liberals believe ritual circumcision of baby boys is immoral. If one such circumcision opponent were an event photographer, and he were asked to photograph a Jewish circumcision ritual known as a bris, should the state compel him to photograph it or face or fine for religious discrimination?
1b. The Arranged Marriage: Some cultures still believe in arranged marriage. If a wedding photographer found that a wedding he was booked to shoot was, in fact, an arranged wedding, should he be compelled to photograph it?
1c. The Schismatic Wedding: There are breakaway sects of the Catholic Church (mostly on the ultra-traditionalist side). If an ortohodox Catholic wedding photographer were booked for a wedding and then learned it was a schismatic sect, should he be compelled to shoot it?
2. The Prostitute
Given that prostitution is legal in a particular municipality:
2a. A female prostitute refuses to have sex with eastern Irish or Irish-American men, whom she stereotypes as brutal and unkind thanks to bad experiences in the past. Should the state force her to have sex with the Irish guys?
2b. A male prostitute refuses to have sex with women. Should he be forced to have sex with women?
2c. A male prostitute refuses to have sex with men. Should he be forced to have sex with men?
2d. A female prostitute who only has sex with women refuses to have sex with transgendered people who have penises, even if they identify as women. Should the government force her to drop her discriminatory policies?
3. The Caterer
3a. A church group for gays trying to overcome homosexual tendencies has a Christmas party. Should a gay caterer be forced to cater the event?
3b. A feminist group has a topless party to protest the patriarchy. A married male caterer declines once he learns it will be topless. Should he be compelled?
4. Weddings
4a. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church has a school gym they sometimes rent out to parishioners. A gay parishioner wants to have his wedding reception there. Should the state force the church to host the reception?
4b. A marriage counselor provides Christian-based counseling services to married couples. Should she be forced to accept gay couples?
