If I were the baker I would happily bake the cake with a little disclaimer attached that "all messages are opinions of the customer and the customer alone. blah blah blah...". In fine print of course

Putting fine print on a cake - nice move

Also maybe a warning from the surgeon general?

(December 20, 2014 at 7:54 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: They didn't refuse to make the cake because they were discriminating against straight marriage; they refused because they were being bullied, as Alex pointed out. That's not discrimination.

Yep, they were asked to make a cake that presented a negative and they declined. "All cops are PIGS" cakes, I don't know anybody that makes them.

(December 20, 2014 at 7:01 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Looks like a clear case of wanting to have your cake and eat it too, IMO.

Funny as hell, but we should have a groan button for comments like this.

(December 20, 2014 at 8:19 pm)Cato Wrote:

(December 20, 2014 at 7:01 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Looks like a clear case of wanting to have your cake and eat it too, IMO.

Funny as hell, but we should have a groan button for comments like this.

With jokes like that , the groan is implicitely understood

I don't blame them from not wanting to make these cakes, this person is trying to smart, and its about time the gay's have their turn at protesting against what they don't like.

And if he'd asked a Jewish baker to bake a cake that said Jews are untermensch?

Baking cakes is a business like any others, people who do that for a living should focus on profit and stop being picky about who they can or cannot refuse to provide services...

There's a difference between baking a cake for a gay marriage, and being forced to write down "gay marriage rocks!" in the same cake - I don't think either side should be forced to do something that goes against their fundamental beliefs, as much as I think being against gay marriage is a total stupidity. But baking a cake per se is only an act of business - I'm sure Christians don't refuse to bake cakes for people who have committed adultery, or women who've had abortions, or people who practice premarital sex - It's just business, get over it - I don't like Islam, but I wouldn't object baking a cake for a Muslim wedding or ceremony as long as the payment was good.

I think business should do whatever they want, refuse service to whomever they want, because in the end they are either benefiting or hurting themselves.

One thing I absolutely abhor about this corporate society in which we live is the misconception that the customer is always right. As far as I am concerned, that very concept does not make for better business so much as it allows customers to be utter dicks in regards to what they want and expect from the business where they spend their money.

The business should be in control, not the stupid customer.