RE: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Round 2
August 20, 2018 at 12:27 pm
(August 18, 2018 at 10:26 am)CapnAwesome Wrote: Well we don't really know all the circumstances, but I would wager a guess that they would bake an identical cake to the one described if it were for a Christian baptism.
If that's true that means their objection is to the person, which really isn't any of the baker's business. I'd be curious though if they ask what the cake is for, or if that information was volunteered.
Either way, I was undecided on this before, because like you I don't think artists or really anyone should be forced to produce anything they don't want to. But that doesn't really seem to be what's going on.
The cake order described doesn't sound that special. It doesn't sound like a gay cake or a trans cake. Its not being asked to have two brides on it. It just sounds like a run of the mill cake that could be used to celebrate anything.
If they would make that same cake for a different person or a different celebration. It's just plain and simple bigotry. It's also strikes me that it's not really any of the baker's business what the cakes are used for.
You should read the material before commenting. The person went out of their way to tell the bakery what the cake was for. And, on the day that the first case was decided. This was intentional. I suppose Divine thinks it was done out of love...
