I support gay rights in the sense that I don't care what my neighbors are up to. It really has no impact on me what-so-ever if I live nextdoor to a gay couple, my life is not impacted in that in any way, shape or form. If they're in love, want to get married, cool. Go for it. I don't care... why should I? With any luck they'll have better success than the majority of straight couples who get divorced and they'll be happy.
With that said, I support the bill too. Business owners should be able to choose who they do business with. Maybe they don't like you wearing a blue hat in their store. Maybe they don't like your glasses. Maybe your jeans are too baggy. Maybe your jeans are too tight. It's their business, if they don't wish to serve you, they shouldn't have to.
At the end of the day they're potentially losing a lot more than just a single sale, and if business is so good that they can deny people based on criteria that doesn't impact the store (like a gay couple shopping there) then so be it. The market will speak and that couple can go shop elsewhere and if the issue is great enough the store will lose lots of business from others who support the LGBT community or support whoever was denied service for whatever reason.
With that said, I support the bill too. Business owners should be able to choose who they do business with. Maybe they don't like you wearing a blue hat in their store. Maybe they don't like your glasses. Maybe your jeans are too baggy. Maybe your jeans are too tight. It's their business, if they don't wish to serve you, they shouldn't have to.
At the end of the day they're potentially losing a lot more than just a single sale, and if business is so good that they can deny people based on criteria that doesn't impact the store (like a gay couple shopping there) then so be it. The market will speak and that couple can go shop elsewhere and if the issue is great enough the store will lose lots of business from others who support the LGBT community or support whoever was denied service for whatever reason.