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Honest question: which civil rights were infringed?

You have a civil right to participate in normal society, such as the purchase of everyday goods and services like cakes.

This is what it looks like when that right is not enforced via mandates of business owners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Negro_Motorist_Green_Book

The right to be a troglodyte, I'm guessing.

And comment is why we need the ACLU in it's old form. Dude, do you not see no one is arguing for being pieces of crap, but that rights can easily be curtailed long term from an initial starting point of everyone agreeing we shouldn't be pieces of crap. You know, the saying 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'.

Discrimination isn't free speech, end of story.

No crap. Which is why we are discussing the boundaries of rights in the context of an organization that's purpose is to ensure that those boundaries don't get pushed to the point of infringing on other rights in either direction. In a free society we need someone willing to stand up for the unpopular side. I support gay marriage. I feel like a piece of crap in this discussion because the person I am defending disgusts me and is garbage. But I feel like there is a larger discussion that should be had.

If political speech is banned in the 6 months before an election do I have free speech?

If I am forced to do work I don't want when I am self employed and affluent enough to choose, do do I have life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?

You're right, it's freedom of association.

Not being discriminated against based of their sexual orientation.

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