Posted on 07/29/2014 8:14:09 AM PDT by xzins
Disgusting....
It is hard to believe that this will pass constitutional muster when it finally gets into the federal court system.
But requiring the man to report that his beliefs have been eliminated from his business is not even trying to be subtle.
This evil - the idea that individuals must obey all government commands regardless of their personal beliefs and that some religious beliefs are unacceptable - was underground for 70 years, but it’s back. National Socialists disgusted me long ago, and today’s socialists still disgust me. I miss the rule of law.
The Epitome of Leftist Religious Tolerance: None for Christians.
While I don’t agree with the decision, I don’t understand why the shop owners don’t make a hidious cake for these customers. The customers can then either take the cake, or walk.
I don’t see this as a big deal.
$500 for all homo cakes with “special seasonings” and $25 for all hetero cakes.
You can always fail the exam.
It’s not a big deal because it didn’t happen to you. A private business ought to do business how and with whomever he wants.
He should stop doing wedding cakes for anyone. Instead he could make a plain white stacked- layer cake. The customer can decorate it anyway they wish, and he could not be charged with discrimination by the ungodly sodomites.
The suggestion that he sell them brownies was funny, though.
“While I don’t agree with the decision, I don’t understand why the shop owners don’t make a hidious cake for these customers. The customers can then either take the cake, or walk.”
Do you own a small business? I do, and I take pride in the quality of the work I do and consider it a reflection of my character.
The crux of this issue is the State forcing this businessman to abandon his beliefs, How would abandoning his pride of workmanship be a remedy?
Over the past several months, I have seen federal judge after federal judge strike down state laws and amendments declaring marriage to be between a man and a woman.
I expect these same judges to rule against THIS man and force him into the reeducation camp.
FAGGOTS Uber Alles.
It’s really quite absurd and judges are on the wrong side.
So much for “Reserving the right to refuse service...” I don’t care if it IS your business, that you worked to develop. It’s not your business, or your home, if someone else can tell you what you can or can’t do, or require a permit, or...
Let them eat........cake!
In a way, I’m glad cases like this come up, because they expose the left for the tyrants they are, notwithstanding the burdens placed upon Mr. Phillips. Sometimes we are called to witness in the weirdest ways, but when called, see it for what it is and must fear not.
The Civil Rights Commission’s order requires Phillips and his staff to make cakes for same-sex celebrations if asked.
We used to call this Involuntary Servitude
So if two people came in and wanted a wedding cake done to celebrate their Muslim vows, will he do it? If they come in wanting a wedding cake that praised Satan, would they do it?
It would be worth it to have some other test cases come to his shop just to show that his refusal goes beyond simply homosexuals. That this is just “one of a group” of cakes he would refuse to do.
He should also partner with another business that would have no such objections and refer those customers to that other business, including handing them that partner’s business card. In that sense, they are not refusing the request but redirecting the request.
Now, let’s say that a person performed wedding music instead of baked cakes and they had strong anti-Catholic views. Would the state of Colorado *compel* these musicians to perform at a Catholic wedding? If the answer is “no”, tell me the difference between objecting to wedding cakes and objecting to wedding music? How is it in the state’s interest to override the views, religious or not, of those who are asked to violate their own beliefs?
And you expect the shop owners to eat the bill each time customers do not accept their product and walk?
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