Freedom Includes the Right to Choose

[Keith Broaders]

The Founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence affirmed that all men have rights which were granted to them by their Creator. One of the most basic rights is the freedom to choose what to buy and who to buy it from. 

When engaging in commerce, the buyer and the seller enter into a voluntary contract. In order to  facilitate the exchange both parties must agree on the terms of the transaction. Neither the buyer nor the seller can be compelled to buy/sell anything without the mutual consent of both parties.

The government has no lawful authority to nullify the rights of either the buyer or the seller.

We discriminate every time we go to the grocery store.  Some of us choose Cheerios and others select Rice Krispies. Some of us choose Coke and others choose Pepsi. The right to choose what to buy and where to buy it, is one of our God given rights.

If the government can force you to buy Coca Cola at a particular market, the government would be violating your freedom to choose. 

A man who makes cakes has a right to sell his product to whomever he wants and the man desirous to buy a cake has the freedom to select the vendor of his choice. It would be wrong to force the customer to buy the cake from one particular vendor and it would be equally unfair to compel the baker to sell his cakes to people he does not want to serve.

Laws which rob individuals of their freedom to discriminate violate the very principles upon which our nation was founded.

If a baker wanted to sell his cakes to only left handed albinos, I believe it would be his right to do so. I believe that by limiting his market he would have a difficult time succeeding in his business.

If a gay baker wanted to sell cakes only to gay customers, he should have the right to do so. If a heterosexual baker wants to limit his sales to heterosexual customers he too, should have that right.

A righteous man does what is right because it is right, not because he is compelled to do so. If the government has the authority to compel us to buy our products from a particular vendor or requires the vendor to sell his products to whoever wants them, our God given rights have become privileges granted to us by the state. 

If I knew a business owner refused to serve people because of their gender, ethnicity, religion or sexual orientation, I would personally boycott the man's business and I would encourage all of my friends to do the same.

[Robert Stoeppelmann]

An old Arab curse; "May you lead an interesting life". LOL.

[Robert Stoeppelmann]

An older and good friend of mine were neighbors up on the continental divide in N.W. Wyoming, he lived about a mile away in our thinly populated area at 8,500 ft. altitude. The day before we had a severe thunder storm, after which was a beautiful double rainbow. He and his wife went out on their porch to video record the phenomenon. The next day the retired United Airline pilot came over to show us his video. We watched it and  focused on the rainbows. He said did you see any thing unusual. We replied in the negative. He pointed out what appeared to be a 50s style flying saucer. A white disc bottom and a green bubble top. As he panned the skies he didn't notice it was "parked" only a hundred yards away on a small knoll. We speculated that it landed because of the severity of the storm and blended some what with the surroundings. He didn't want to show any one else and he didn't want his reputation to be ruined in town. He has passed several years now and his wife moved far away. We found no traces where it landed. Where's the evidence? In our minds

[Robert Stoeppelmann]

Long before. But up in the mountains again, my wife and I were coming back from town. Dubois WY, 17 miles to our home. 7 miles of dirt barely two lane road with 43 turns and 9 switch backs. Entering one of the switch backs I saw a white Toyota pick with a small camper shell about 10 years old, thru the trees. I swung wide to give it room around the corner, it being only 10 seconds away. As I completed the turn it was not there. I asked my wife what she saw not describing it to her. She saw exactly the same vehicle. I was a first responder on the search and rescue and knew the area well. There was an hundred foot drop on its side of the road all clearly visible. No time nor room to make a U turn. We stopped and checked for any anomalies and found none. Never any reports of missing persons or vehicles. Evidence. Only what we independently saw.

[Joe brown]

To 5WarVeteran: You have not offered evidence. You only said you have evidence, but never post it here. No photos, no websites, nothing except personal attacks. When people make personal attacks, it is because they have nothing to offer. It's like saying "you win, damn it!"

[Joe brown]

I refused nothing. I'm begging you to provide evidence here and now, but you rather call me childish names.