SCOTUS & gay wedding cakes

[One Bad Pig]

And could he also refuse to serve, make a wedding cake, for an interacial couple if he didn't believe in interacial marriage?

Absolutely. And I'm sure the baker just down the street will be more than happy to take their business.

[Sparko]

And could he also refuse to serve, make a wedding cake, for an interacial couple if he didn't believe in interacial marriage?

So Jim, let's say an interracial couple (man and woman) went into his shop to buy a Halloween cake and he refused to make it because he said he believes Halloween is satanic. Under your logic, he is being racist because they are an interracial couple.

[rogue06]

Absolutely. And I'm sure the baker just down the street will be more than happy to take their business.

Things are a whole lot different than they were back in the 50s when blacks were refused service at a dinner (a comparison the gay community is quick to make). Back then that might be the only place in that section of town whereas today you are virtually tripping over competitors who will be glad to do business with you. But that isn't what they want. They want to find someone that they can enjoy forcing them to do what they don't want to do.

[Tassman]

But, it's JUST A CAKE!!!!! And the Bridal Gown --- It's JUST A DRESS!!!!! And the wedding --- It's JUST A CEREMONY!!!!

And Tassman --- He's JUST A [fill in the blank]

...a self-effacing stable genius with wind-swept good looks.

[JimL]

So Jim, let's say an interracial couple (man and woman) went into his shop to buy a Halloween cake and he refused to make it because he said he believes Halloween is satanic. Under your logic, he is being racist because they are an interracial couple.

If the baker doesn't make halloween cakes in the first place, Sparko, i.e. if he doesn't make them for anyone, for any reason, then he isn't discriminating by refusing to bake one for an interacial couple.

[Leonhard]

If the baker doesn't make gay wedding cakes in the first place, Sparko, i.e. if he doesn't make them for anyone, for any reason, then he isn't discriminating by refusing to bake one for a gay couple.

[JimL]

Thanks for pointing out the error but you could probably tell that the specification of the term gay was an error. If the baker doesn't make wedding cakes, period, then he wouldn't be discriminating against gays by refusing them.

[Cow Poke]

EGGzackly, just like a "weddiing cake" is usually made by a professional cake-baker rather than a ready-made cake bought off the shelf at Kroger.

Maybe you're finally beginning to get it!

[Sparko]

If the baker doesn't make halloween cakes in the first place, Sparko, i.e. if he doesn't make them for anyone, for any reason, then he isn't discriminating by refusing to bake one for an interacial couple.

If he doesn't make gay wedding cakes in the first place, for anyone, then he isn't discriminating by refusing to bake one for a gay couple.

That was easy. Thanks for playing.

[seer]

That was easy. Thanks for playing.

Does he get a prize? Pirate rum?

[Sparko]

Thanks for pointing out the error but you could probably tell that the specification of the term gay was an error. If the baker doesn't make wedding cakes, period, then he wouldn't be discriminating against gays by refusing them.

I bet you wouldn't have a problem if he refused to make a cake for a Pedophile wedding, would you? You would not say "it is a wedding cake so he has to make it" would you?

[Cow Poke]

I bet you wouldn't have a problem if he refused to make a cake for a Pedophile wedding, would you? You would not say "it is a wedding cake so he has to make it" would you?

Isn't Jim the one who couldn't even figure out what a "boy" was?

[Leonhard]

gay was an error.

They're cakes for a gay wedding, they're gay wedding cakes. The baker doesn't bake gay wedding cakes for anyone. Problem solved.

[JimL]

If he doesn't make gay wedding cakes in the first place, for anyone, then he isn't discriminating by refusing to bake one for a gay couple.

That was easy. Thanks for playing.

There is no such thing as a gay cake, Sparko.

That was easy. Thanks for playing.

[JimL]

I bet you wouldn't have a problem if he refused to make a cake for a Pedophile wedding, would you? You would not say "it is a wedding cake so he has to make it" would you?

What is a pedophile wedding, Sparko?