This week BYU has been hosting a conference on religious freedom, and according to the Deseret News, the main item on the agenda has been the June 26 Supreme Court decision in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage. (One speaker yesterday identified â??at least twelve religious freedom grenadesâ? with which the court has now attacked Americansâ?? liberties. Inflammatory rhetoric, anyone?)
A key issue at hand has been that of â??public accommodations.â? In other words, now that same-sex marriage is legal in all fifty states, what about daily life? Will private businesses and restaurants have a right to refuse service to LGBT people?
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