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Could a Christian Baker Who Refused to Make Wedding Cake for a Gay Couple Really Go to Jail?
http://www.theblaze.com ^ | Jun. 7, 2013 7:54am | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 06/23/2013 1:16:21 PM PDT by redreno

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1 posted on 06/23/2013 1:16:21 PM PDT by redreno
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Freedom of Speech — this means: you have to do what the homosexuals tell you to do. Hey, it’s in the Constitution! Check the penumbra.


2 posted on 06/23/2013 1:17:59 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: redreno
If I were the bakery, I would bake them cake and cut the chocolate with old-fashioned Ex-Lax.

That would send the fudge packers for a loop.

3 posted on 06/23/2013 1:23:56 PM PDT by metafugitive
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To: redreno

Someone make me an Adolf and Eva cake with a swastica centerpeice and decorated with full SS regalia. Around the edges write “arbeit macht frei” and “judenfrei Europa”.


4 posted on 06/23/2013 1:29:04 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: redreno

Whatever happened to “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone”?


5 posted on 06/23/2013 1:32:26 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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From now on,bakers are on notice...if a pervert “couple” comes to you for a “wedding” cake don't refuse to make it....just make it so badly that everyone attending will wish they had never seen it.”Accidentally” mistake the jar of salt for sugar and give them a cake they'll never forget.And when they complain,cheerfully refund the price of the cake.
6 posted on 06/23/2013 1:32:28 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: metafugitive
If I were the bakery, I would bake them cake and cut the chocolate with old-fashioned Ex-Lax.

I would have agreed to bake the cake, but charged them double for having to open up two sets of the little bride and groom toppers. Take it or leave it.

7 posted on 06/23/2013 1:32:45 PM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: redreno
If the baker loses and continues to refuse service to gays and lesbians, he could be fined $500 per instance — and given up to a year in jail, his attorney claims.

Refusal to bake cakes for queers can get you a year in jail. That's slavery, plain and simple.

8 posted on 06/23/2013 1:32:55 PM PDT by Spirochete (Does the FedGov have the attributes of a legitimate government?)
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>>”Accidentally” mistake the jar of salt-peter for sugar and give them a cake they'll never forget.<<
9 posted on 06/23/2013 1:34:30 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Hey RATs! Control your murdering freaks.)
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To: metafugitive

Nah, just gets them in the mood and all cleaned out. *yuck*


10 posted on 06/23/2013 1:35:42 PM PDT by CodeToad (Liberals are bloodsucking ticks. We need to light the matchstick to burn them off. -786 +969)
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To: Spirochete

This is how the Lavender Mafia operates. Pity, no one ever gives to them a taste of their own medicine.


11 posted on 06/23/2013 1:36:31 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: coloradan
Whatever happened to “We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone”?

I always blame the lunch counter sit-ins of the 1950s. Once upon a time, property rights mattered. The proprietor could say, "This is my property. I don't want you here. You have to leave now."

Might be a stupid business policy that could really cut into profits, but being a business owner comes with some perks, right?

Well, that all went out the window with MLK. People became heroes for going against the wishes of the owner. Customers had rights. Individuals had rights. Property owners? Not so much.

12 posted on 06/23/2013 1:36:49 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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As I see it, this is quite similar to slavery. Do as I tell you to do because I am your Master, is the subtext here.

A free man or woman can choose who they associate with or do business with. A slave can’t, they MUST do as their master tells them to do.

And this is not about the money the couple is willing to spend. This is about FORCING someone who disagrees with them to do as they tell him to, whether he/she wants to do so. And if that is not a type of Slavery then What is it?


13 posted on 06/23/2013 1:37:00 PM PDT by The Working Man
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Anyone remember these signs from the 1950s and 60s?

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE!


14 posted on 06/23/2013 1:37:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Spirochete
"That's slavery, plain and simple."

I was wondering about that whole "involuntary servitude" thing myself. And I guess "freedom of association" is also out the window.

15 posted on 06/23/2013 1:37:38 PM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: Flag_This; The Working Man
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” ― Voltaire
16 posted on 06/23/2013 1:39:27 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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To: redreno

No. Their wishes and conscience should be respected. Consitutionally, the Feds should leave marriage to the States and/or the people themselves but also, the Constitution defend freedom of thought, expression and so forth so if it offends these bakers to do this, they should have their wishes respected and not be stigmatized or punished. Let the free market work, I’m sure there are other bakers who will make such cakes. Putting people in jail because they act on their convictions, one way or another is wrong.


17 posted on 06/23/2013 1:39:46 PM PDT by Nowhere Man (Welcome to "1984" 29 years later.....)
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To: redreno

Here’s the problem — Our idiotic legislators and judges want to equate race with sexual orientation.

So, because discrimination based on race is illegal, discrimination based on sexual orientation is illegal too.


18 posted on 06/23/2013 1:39:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: ClearCase_guy

But I’ve still seen those signs on walls recently.


19 posted on 06/23/2013 1:40:31 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: redreno

The bakers and photographers in these cases are targeted by the homosexual activists.


20 posted on 06/23/2013 1:43:46 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Just wanted to say I hope you great NSA folks are enjoying my posts here.)
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