Another area where we disagree: Polis opposed the recent Supreme Court decision that ruled a website designer should not be forced to create a wedding site for a gay couple.
"It's OK to force me to make a website or cake for your marriage?" I ask.
"If you're a public accommodation or storefront, you can't say no Blacks, no Jews, no gays," Polis responds. "Obviously, you don't accept a commission to paint something or do something that you don't agree with. There's a gray area ... what's creative, and what's public accommodation."
I don't think it's a gray area. Business owners should be free to make their own rules. They created the business. Consumers have choices. There's more than one bakery or website designer.
Polis also criticized the court for declaring President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness unconstitutional.
I ask, "Why should someone who doesn't go to college ... have to pay for people like you and me who went to the same overpriced college (Princeton)?"
"There is a problem with costs in higher education," replies Polis, dodging my question but admitting that government handouts raise prices. "Federal policy ... helps fuel the increase in costs."
Polis then claimed that Democrats are "more pro-freedom than Republicans."
But most Democrats don't want people left free to own guns, choose their kids' schools, hire whom they want or not bake cakes for people with whom they disagree. Sometimes I think abortion is the only choice Democrats support.
I complain to Polis, "Democrats got me pretty much banned from Facebook because I say climate change is not an emergency."
"Why do you say it's Democrats?" Polis replies, arguing that Republicans are more eager to ban social media. He points to Montana's ban of TikTok. But of course, that's not about censoring content; it's about China's ownership.
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"It's OK to force me to make a website or cake for your marriage?" I ask.
"If you're a public accommodation or storefront, you can't say no Blacks, no Jews, no gays," Polis responds. "Obviously, you don't accept a commission to paint something or do something that you don't agree with. There's a gray area ... what's creative, and what's public accommodation."
I don't think it's a gray area. Business owners should be free to make their own rules. They created the business. Consumers have choices. There's more than one bakery or website designer.
Polis also criticized the court for declaring President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness unconstitutional.
I ask, "Why should someone who doesn't go to college ... have to pay for people like you and me who went to the same overpriced college (Princeton)?"
"There is a problem with costs in higher education," replies Polis, dodging my question but admitting that government handouts raise prices. "Federal policy ... helps fuel the increase in costs."
Polis then claimed that Democrats are "more pro-freedom than Republicans."
But most Democrats don't want people left free to own guns, choose their kids' schools, hire whom they want or not bake cakes for people with whom they disagree. Sometimes I think abortion is the only choice Democrats support.
I complain to Polis, "Democrats got me pretty much banned from Facebook because I say climate change is not an emergency."
"Why do you say it's Democrats?" Polis replies, arguing that Republicans are more eager to ban social media. He points to Montana's ban of TikTok. But of course, that's not about censoring content; it's about China's ownership.
