RE: The Cake Case Revisited
October 3, 2017 at 9:58 pm
(This post was last modified: October 3, 2017 at 10:00 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(October 3, 2017 at 9:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You can have freedom of religion and still comply with the laws of your state.
Best summed up in the phrase: "Believe what you want but make the fucking cake."
But what if it was your bakery and someone walked in and asked you to make a cake for something you're very against?
(October 3, 2017 at 8:46 pm)Minimalist Wrote:(October 3, 2017 at 6:26 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I agree with Bob. I think we can all say that if we owned a cake bakery and someone walked in wanting a cake that said "White Power" with a swastika on it for a white supremacist Nazi gathering, we should be allowed to refuse to make it. Same goes for if someone wants to refuse to make a cake that says "Happy Wedding Day Ralph and Steve". A company owner should always be allowed to turn down a particular task (not people) if it goes against their moral, political, or religious convictions.
And if a black couple walked in and your precious holy bakery owner said "get out niggers," would you be okay with that too?
The state of Colorado has enacted anti-discrimination laws. Your hero baker wants to use his primitive religion to defeat those laws. I'd love to see the court smack him right in his fucking mouth.
I said they can "turn down a particular task (not people)"
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
