(June 6, 2018 at 1:06 pm)Khemikal Wrote: It's just a silly and constant attempt to frame the discussion as though it were something else. A bigot refused service on account of his bigotry. That;s what happened. An artist wasn;t being compelled to paint a masterpiece by the state. The success of that silly narrative misdirection is expressed in people who probably aren;t gay hatin closet queers repeating the comments as though they were the gospel of saint douche.Well, to be fair there is a certain amount of skill involved in decorating a special cake. Sure, the baker could make a generic vanilla cake with plain cream frosting. But could he decorate it to the customer's specifications? He does know his own abilities.
The world that some people don;t think they want to live in..that very terrible world, is one where bigots don;t have carte blanche to be bigots. Oh, the horror!
Now, if bigots want their bigotry to be taken seriously (and they do, they want it -sooooooo- bad)..then they should own it for what it is and make -that- case...and not babble to us about the evils of compelling artistic masterpieces. Tell us how allowing that bigotry serves the best interests of the state and it;s people...as it is, for what it is, without all the bullshit.
Now suppose a homosexual went in to buy a dozen donuts and the baker refused to sell them to him because he knows that the guy is a homosexual. That's a different issue.