RE: Belfast bakers lose "gay cake" discrimination appeal
October 24, 2016 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: October 24, 2016 at 3:35 pm by SteelCurtain.)
I don't like this interpretation of the law.
If a shop refuses to serve someone based on their skin color, religion, race, gender/orientation --- that's discrimination. But if they refuse to write a specific message on a cake? That's stretching it. As long as they would still serve the couple, I wouldn't support a fine for not accepting certain messages.
Now---where I draw the line is if the message requested was just two guys' names or something like that---we're back in the discrimination category. If they would have written the same message for a straight wedding, then that's a case where I would say they were breaking a law.
If a shop refuses to serve someone based on their skin color, religion, race, gender/orientation --- that's discrimination. But if they refuse to write a specific message on a cake? That's stretching it. As long as they would still serve the couple, I wouldn't support a fine for not accepting certain messages.
Now---where I draw the line is if the message requested was just two guys' names or something like that---we're back in the discrimination category. If they would have written the same message for a straight wedding, then that's a case where I would say they were breaking a law.
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