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by zzzeek
735 days ago
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> It is no longer enough for conservative Christians to tolerate same-sex marriage—now they must be legally required to bake cakes and design web pages for the weddings. Isnt it enough that we can no longer lynch gay people with impunity? now they want to be treated as though they are "normal"? > But however much the backlash has hurt the original cause, the controversies keep activists in business. People getting married want to be able to buy wedding cakes! This is a serious controversy! I can certainly see why Hacker News is upmodding this important piece of Christian Nationalist fascist trash and even commenting on it as though this literal sewer of an article is worth actual discussion and not complete ridicule, what would become of America if bigotry wasn't cool anymore? |
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Of course, and they should buy (or make their own) wedding cakes, if they intend to have wedding cakes.
My opinion is:
If the cake is not a custom order, but just one of their ordinary products, then they should not be allowed to refuse due to such things as homosexual, etc.
However, for custom orders, such custom orders could be anything and they should have the right to refuse any such custom orders if they wish (due to the order itself, not due to the discrimination of the customers) (although this will reduce their profit, and may result in a bad reputation, so there is still a risk to refuse them).
However, if they are the only bakery in the area, then it is more difficult, since they might not have much of a choice (unless they can learn to decorate it themself). (Although this is also true for any number of other things that nobody has available for sale, etc.)
About the specific case, I have received conflicting information about this. Wikipedia says it is a custom order.
As the other comment says: They did not refuse to serve clients of a particular sexual orientation. If they did so, that would be discrimination and illegal, as it should be. But a custom order is something different, as I had explained above (this doesn't necessarily mean it would be a good idea, even if it is allowed, though).
Freedom of speech and freedom of religion and freedom of opinion is important.