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   XPost: alt.politics.homosexuality, misc.legal   
   From: noway@nowhere.com   
      
   On 11/8/2018 3:39 PM, Peter Franks wrote:   
   > On 10/31/2018 4:52 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   >> On 10/31/2018 3:32 PM, Peter Franks wrote:   
   >>> On 10/31/2018 11:31 AM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote:   
   >>>> On 10/31/2018 11:13 AM, Peter Franks wrote:   
   >>   
   >> {snip}   
   >>   
   >>>>> You assert that being required to serve is a right of those being   
   >>>>> served, which NECESSARILY REQUIRES that those that are served have   
   >>>>> authority over those that serve.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I do not believe it requires those that are served have authority   
   >>>> over those that serve.  Again, this is case of competing rights.   
   >>>> The customer has the right to pursue happiness, and the baker has   
   >>>> the liberty right to serve who he wants to.  Neither party has   
   >>>> authority over the other.  And yet, the government can choose to   
   >>>> secure either right it believes takes precedence.   
   >>>   
   >>> Does forcing/requiring/mandating someone to do something against   
   >>> their will require authority over that person?   
   >>   
   >> Yes.   
   >   
   > Where does that authority come from?   
      
   In this case, the government's authority to require the baker to serve   
   the client comes from securing the right of the client to pursue happiness.   
      
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