Why Do People Use Religion To Discrimination?

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Introduction:
In the world we live in today, we are either close minded towards things or we are just simple minded and a group of people like that will really tear the country apart. Certain people who fight for there religious beliefs really should treat everyone the same. Thesis: Businesses should not be allowed to deny services, discriminate, due to sexuality or religious beliefs.

I. Same-sex couples being denied service from small businesses due to discrimination. A. People in love keep us in business, so it makes good sense to serve everyone, regardless of sexual orientation or religious beliefs. (Wedding planners) 1. Regardless upon religious beliefs or sexual orientation, a paying costumer should not be denied the right
of service, based off of personal discrimination. 2.
A paying costumer should be allowed to spend there money as they please or to be serviced, creating a happy customer and also a happy business. B. In the late 1960's we saw institutions object to laws requiring integration in restaurants because of sincerely held beliefs that God wanted the races to be separate. 1. In the article, " Using Religion to Discriminate", they give us really good examples of how people can use religion to discriminate and sometimes it can arise things such as laws that limit certain people from entering certain places due to race, religion, or sexuality. 2. The outcome of this it not really thought through due to the reasoning of people losing profit, due to non-openminded people. C. You should always know to respect others but also you need to appreciate and always remember to stay humble and don't let your pride get the best of you.
II. Religious freedom in America gives us the right to our religious beliefs, but that doesn't give us the right to use our religion to discriminate. A. Discrimination in America is very common now days. 1. People in America find it easier to form opinions due to race or sexual
orientation. 2. Due to this, people can not feel comfortable living in the world we live in. Which is wrong and totally unlawful. B. In some circumstances, thin lines are blurred in the law office to fulfill the service of certain people due to discrimination. 1. Dicrimation should be outlawed due to the reasoning of lack of concderation. 2. Laws that should be produced can keep people from judging upon others are much needed in today's society. C. There are plenty of things that we as people need to work on, we need to learn how to respect others and be open minded.
III. A poll was released that states that business owners strongly believe that they should not be able to deny service based on religious beliefs. A. Based on the surveys, most business owners agree that service should not be denied based on sexual orientation or religious beliefs. 1. I strongly believe that people of the LGBT community should be accepted service because if you look at it, we all will be paying in the end. 2. We as a community should accept everyone for who they are and allow them to be customers of our business. B. As a whole we can base this off of discrimination. 1. telling someone they can't shop at your store because if sexual orientation or religious beliefs can differentiate to many different circumstances, as in politics or money value. 2. You should be able to be happy in your life being who you are, but also treating everyone the same way. C. just because someone is different doesn't mean that we should single them out because we belief one thing.
Conclusion:
In today's world, we should be able to feel free to be who we are because things are progressing, but we shouldn't treat others different just because of religious beliefs. People are singled out everyday and denied service due to there orientations. If we are gonna demand freedom on our religious beliefs, we need to start treating everyone the same and stop singling just one group out.