Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Round 2

[possibletarian]

What are your opinions on refusing to make a generic cake, but knowing that it is for a political or social cause you strongly oppose? For example, if I declined to make a cake for a pro choice rally.

Can an atheist bakery owner refuse to make a cake for a child's baptism celebration if he thought child indoctrination was immoral?

As for writing on the cake, what do you think of writings that are not offensive to some, but they are to others... such as in my case, again, making a cake that says "pro choice" on it.

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Sorry CL missed this one.

I would like to think I would bake a cake and conduct my business according to the law at the time, none of the above you mention are a protected class.

I would have no problem baking a cake for a child baptism at all, and i would happily put any accompanying message they wanted on. I wouldn't connect (unless i had good reason to) the baptism itself with any indoctrination.

As for a political party, yes I would have no problem I believe in democracy, They are buying a cake not a vote.

As for the last one CL, I certainly wouldn't ever ask you to write 'pro choice' on any cake I simply would not be such an insensitive ass to you.
Should you have the right to refuse though is the question, personally i think you should be able to not do that and I don't believe there would be anything wrong in fighting for your rights to do that.

What we are talking about here though is what the law states, the baker in question is asking that the law that applies to everyone else not be applied to him on religious grounds. We could go on all day invoking scenarios that would be difficult for all, but gender equality is a well thought out law, that was fought for over many generations of suffering, abuse and discrimination.