So much for that live and let live attitude. If someone wants to make cakes for all but 3% of the population, they aren't hurting anyone. Why can't you people leave them alone? By the way, I know someone who tries to add to her meager income by working as a wedding photographer. People with your attitude take food out of her kids' mouths. And it's not even because of whatever money she doesn't get from same-sex couples. It's because she has to be very guarded about talking to potential clients. If not, she'll be targeted by the NPCs, or even have legal action taken against her. 'Cuz love wins, right? Rainbows and tolerance, yay! You're on the side of the bullies.
Doors and services were open for general public. Same reason you can't have a white's only public drinking fountain.
I have no problem with any group that is not open to the general public to exclude whomever/whatever they want, like a private club, group or whatever.
Are you even listening to what you're saying? You can't control someone by not recognizing their marriage. There was nothing stopping homosexuals from having fake wedding ceremonies and pretending to be married, living together, etc. We know, because they were already doing that. People like myself just didn't want to bring government into it.
In Iowa the official document for the union of 2 people, says "Marriage License". I can't speak for the rest of the states, but in Iowa it has been a governmental term for decades. Being legally married does afford either party in the marriage benefits, such as filing taxes jointly, next of kinship, etc. Controlling who a person can legally marry is no different than a anti gun person trying to control what firearms a person can possess. It is nothing more than pushing beliefs by law onto people who don't agree with those beliefs. If someone doesn't want a same sex marriage, then don't get one.
If you don't want government in it, let's do away with state issued marriage (or what ever they call it in your state) licenses, it would make no minor children divorces at lot easier.