Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Round 2

[Catholic_Lady]

Hmm, I don't know... I'm not sure if that would fly as being something that is against the event itself rather than against the person, which should be the only "limit" in my opinion. There is no fundamental difference between a black person graduating and a white person graduating. Since it is only an issue of skin color, it sounds like a case where the Baker is against the person themselves, and not the event.

But...there’s no fundamental difference between a same-sex wedding and a hetero wedding either. It’s only an issue of the sex of the partners.

What if the baker’s religion told him that graduation ceremonies for blacks were against God? Does that change the issue for you?

I’m trying to understand what difference there is. At some point in your mind it becomes not ok. What is the differentiator?

I need to get going, but do definitely want to come back and talk about this bc I am on the fence about it and can see pros and cons and arguments to both sides, depending on which extreme is taken.

Maybe a real quick response would be that marriage itself is considered a religious sacramental ceremony to a lot of people, and so they have certain beliefs surrounding it. Particularly that it is a union between one man and one woman, and that's it. Graduation doesn't have ties to any sort of deep seeded sacramental or religious beliefs, neither does it make sense that it would. So I would call BS on the person who tried to pull that card.