(June 6, 2018 at 5:31 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Wow you just keep missing the point, this is why I gave the examples in the form I did. The Painter has already created the paintings nobody had any say as to went into them and they are art, now he is going to sell these paintings to the public. So a gay couple walks into the gallery and says I like that painting I want to buy it and the artist says no I don't sell to homosexuals. That is discrimination I don't give a flying fuck if it's art.Correct and agreed.
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Now you have the Baker who provides a public service that he advertises to make wedding cakes and you have a gay couple asking for the service that the Baker provides and he says this service isn't available for homosexuals. That is also discrimination and it I don't see why it would matter if it was art?
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Some painters take work on commision, i.e. the customer tells the painter what they'd like a painting of the painter creates it. If you need some help with this concept look up a guy named Michelangelo and something called the Sistine Chapel. He didn't just wonder in there on his own and decide to paint whatever he wanted. Other painters work as you've outlined above. Same thing happens with bakers. Some just stock the shelves, other create to order. Both painters and bakers are the same in that respect.
I don't think there should be a law that says hey you've painted a painting to order for that guy so now you are legally obligated to paint the painting I want painted regardless of whether or not you're offended by the content of the painting and regardless of whether or not you don't like what I intend to use the painting for once its done.
