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I'll be that guy. Forcing a person to do an action against their will is morally repulsive. Even if that action is to be a decent person.

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Sorry, but that battle was lost when we first came down from the trees. All situations where people live in society involve some amount of control over their behavior; that's more or less what society is, a set of things you must and mustn't do, because you're not the only person in the world.

It's fine to expect someone to abide by your rules in your town, but they also need the option to move somewhere else to abide by their own rules.

If you want to live in a world without discrimination (as I do!), that's your right and you can enforce that within your state or move to a state where it is enforced, but if there's another state that you don't live in, mind your own damn business and let them set whatever laws they want.

To get along with others you need to follow some sort of conduct, but reach each group should be free to set their own code.

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