I still can't believe that someone sued a bakery over not making a cake for them. When I was planning my wedding, I asked each business I needed to hire if they were ok with doing a gay wedding--from the venue to the DJ. I had no agenda. I just wanted to hire a business that wanted to work with me. I would never dream of suing someone for not being comfortable doing business with me or my wife. There are plenty of companies that want my money.
These activists were looking for a case. That's all there is to it.
And before folks get on a tangent about the problems with legal discrimination, just remember that your beliefs can be challenged at any time. I own a small business and refuse to do business with people who don't spay or neuter their animals. I suppose someone could get a bee in their bonnet and sue me for discrimination. Justice Kagan asked the baker why, if he couldn't make cakes for gay weddings, didn't he just stop making wedding cakes altogether. I could see a short sighted activist judge asking me why, if I can't sit for unaltered pets, I don't just stop sitting altogether. Well, for the same reason that baker doesn't want to stop making wedding cakes. It's the way I make a living. It's what I am good at and passionate about.
I hope that little bakery wins their case. I wouldn't do business with them (I have my beliefs too), but I don't want them to fail because of their beliefs.
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