Let's see if we get this straight. It's wonderful that companies have the freedom to refuse to do business with a group of people who hold a different political viewpoint, but it's terrible that companies have the freedom to refuse to do business with a group of people who hold a different political viewpoint?
The difference is, the Kleins of Oregon aren't forcing the gays who wanted them to make a wedding cake to convert to Christianity, "or else we're intending on using some flaw in your lives to defame you and utterly destroy you with the singular purpose of forcing you to your knees to cleave to our demands.".
See the difference? I know you do..
And it becomes a horse of a completely different color when that duress is intended to usurp lawful democracy rule in a sovereign STATE instead of random citizens here and there. We're taking about actions aimed at, tailored for and designed to withdraw the power of millions of voters by using blackmail against their preferred and elected leaders and the types of institutions those voters knew they stood for when they cast their votes.
BIG difference there muchacho..
It seems hypocritical for companies to exercise their freedom to refuse to do business with a state because that state refuses to force companies to do business with people with whom they disagree.
Wrong.
This fails as a false comparison fallacy, and is fundamentally ignorant.
Public accommodations laws with provisions for sexual orientation are necessary, proper, and Constitutional, as authorized by the Commerce Clause.
Public accommodations laws are regulatory measures no different than minimum wage laws, laws protecting the health and safety of employees, and those safeguarding the well-being of consumers, and just as Constitutional.
Consequently, there’s no ‘hypocrisy.’