We are reasonably hopeful that the homosexual shock troops will find themselves embarrassed by one Sally Kohn. Once again the vanguard of secular statism is probably finding itself afflicted by the syndrome of the embarrassing advocate. If so, you have our sympathy and condolences. There's nothing much you can do when you have friends like Sally.
This, from Patterico
Yes, Sally Kohn, Laws Are Coercive
Sally Kohn is one smart cookie. Some will doubtless run to her defence. What case could they make? Oh, let's use the false rape claim defence, shall we. That defence ran the "argument" that the false story deserved credence because it seemed believable at the time. The government does not force anyone to do anything provided they do nothing. That sounds credible.
Some readers may remember Sally Kohn from such articles as “I’m gay. And I want my kid to be gay too.” Kohn’s latest Dispensed Wisdom is an argument that, hey, government’s not forcing you to cater a gay wedding with your pizza, because you don’t have to sell pizza:
This issue of government force is a funny one. You could also argue that the government is forcing you to drive below the speed limit or wear a seatbelt in your car. But it’s not. There isn’t a police officer holding a gun to your head literally forcing you to buckle up. In fact, you are 100 percent free to speed and not wear your seatbelt—and simply deal with the consequences if you’re pulled over. Is the threat of the fine for breaking the law amount to “forcing” you to follow the law? No.Yes, I suppose that you could say that people don’t “have” to drive, or sell pizza. By the same logic, people don’t “have” to have sex. So I guess that means that if government wanted to pass laws mandating that any sex be heterosexual, then by Kohn’s logic, that wouldn’t be “forcing” people to have heterosexual sex.
And more to the point, the government certainly isn’t forcing you to drive. If you don’t like the speed limit and seatbelt rules, and don’t want to be subject to the consequences of breaking them, then you can not drive. Whether to drive or not is your choice.
This all seems simple when we talk about driving, but somehow a fringe set of rightwing conservatives want us all to believe that hapless business owners are somehow being forced, against their will, to serve pizza to gay people. Nothing could be further from the truth. If you don’t want to serve pizza to gay people, by all means, don’t—which, by the way, is legal in Indiana and 28 other states, but even where it is illegal, you’re still free to do so and deal with the consequences of breaking the law. That, pizza shop owner, is your choice. And if you don’t want to deal with those consequences, well, no one is forcing you to be in the pizza business. You’re free to do something else. . . .
Don’t like following the laws that apply to businesses—including serving all customers equally? Then don’t start a business. That’s your choice.
In other words: Don’t like laws that apply to everyone having sex? Then don’t have sex. That’s your “choice.”
Right, Ms. Kohn?
Christian bakers refuse to sell their goods and services to those wanting help celebrating their particular cosseted sins. The government punishes them for breaking the law. Nothing to see here. Move along. Those Christian bakers aren't being forced to do anything--as long as they go out of business or apostatize they remain perfectly free.
Good one, Sally. Can we nominate you for President?
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