DesertRhino: “Trip and stumble as you are carrying it out...”
I disagree. As a Christian, I think it’s more appropriate to treat them nicely. If one is going to bake a cake for the lesbian couple, then one should do it right. However, that wouldn’t be my first choice. My first choice would be to honestly tell them my religious faith prohibits me from encouraging sin, and homosexuality is sinful. Then I would take it all the way to the Supreme Court if possible.
In other words, I don’t think dishonesty, anger, or revenge are appropriate Christian responses. It would be better to be punished for standing for honest, Christian faith. If the court case is ultimately lost, one can then pay the fine and/or close the business. I don’t think it’s right to repay evil for evil.
Exactly, no need to be rude and crude to another person simply because they are “sinner”. Are we all sinners too?
If I owned the bakery, I would have been upfront with them. I would still bake the cake but they themselves would have to decorate it. Now if they harass the baker then there is no choice but to bring it to court and stand for your principles.