Panel: Baker must make cakes for gay weddings

YAHOO.COM ^ | 30 MAY 2014 | AP

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

DENVER (AP) — Colorado's Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious objections to the practice did not trump the state's anti-discrimination statutes.

The unanimous ruling from the seven-member commission upheld an administrative law judge's finding in December that Jack Phillips violated civil rights law when he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012. The couple sued.

"I can believe anything I want, but if I'm going to do business here, I'd ought to not discriminate against people," Commissioner Raju Jaram said.

[Political Junkie Too]

It's true that the gay population is hugely over-represented by today's media.

Polls show about 2% identify as gay. Other polls show that the public thinks that 25% of people are gay.

-PJ

[driftless2]

If he cannot discriminate against anybody, then jewish bakers must bake cakes for Nazis, and black bakers must bake cakes for the Klan. Must not discriminate you know.

[exit82]

Close the bakery down.

Incorporate the next day under a new name.

The old entity went out of business. And the panel can shove their two years of quarterly reports up their rear end, which they would probably enjoy immensely.

[maxwellsmart_agent]

If I were that baker, I would defy the Civil Rights Commission. The baker would garner the backing of 3/4 of the country, except for the homosexuals. I would be ready to accept the consequences, but I would stand my ground. Until people start doing that, we are going nowhere against the liberals.Think about what is happening here. Two homosexuals, people who are doing something wrong, are demanding that this baker create for them something that is a symbol of a religious ceremony so they can play like they are doing nothing wrong. I wouldn't do it!

[madprof98]

Can’t help but wonder what Commissioner Raju Jaram might believe.

[lormand]

“Sorry, but we don’t do wedding cakes or cakes shaped like schlongs”

[Finny]

I don’t know if they should stand on principle or bake the perverts the crappiest cakes in history. I am starting to think the latter is the best idea.

It probably wouldn't matter. Since the baker is a Christian, the cake would be as good as any other cake; vengeance such as spiking the cake with something nasty, is quite fundamentally un-Christian, so I doubt he'd do it.

However, the two creeps who demanded this of the baker, would probably have a big "fun" and self-righteous display at their pretend wedding where they destroy that cake, and serve another one made by a gay-friendly baker, much to the hilarious delight of the "enlightened" guests.

Nothing new under the sun. People are people. Homosexuals have been around for a very, very, very long time, at the Almighty's discretion; He must have a reason.

Government alone fuels the homosexual agenda. Without the force of government, "gay marriage" would be dead in the water, and we'd all be getting along on a much more copacetic level, respecting each other instead of using government force to change each other.

[upsdriver]

I suppose telling them to eat shit and die would be redundant?

[mulligan]

The panel is evil.

[Jewbacca]

“then jewish bakers must bake cakes for Nazis”

The almond* frosting would be delish.

* “Hydrogen cyanide has a faint, bitter, almond-like odor that most people of European descent are unable to smell due to a genetic trait. Hydrogen cyanide is weakly acidic and partly ionizes to become the cyanide ion CN– in aqueous solution, resulting in a colorless volatile liquid with the typical hydrogen cyanide odor. “

[Jewbacca]

It would work, too.

[NewHampshireDuo]

I’d bake them one. Not a very good one mind you.

[DoughtyOne]

Forcing someone to make something edible for you.  More evidence of Leftist's great choices...

You ever notice the only choices that are sacred, are those made by Leftists?

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[3catsanadog]

So this guy was the only baker in the entire Denver-Lakewood area and the gays had no where else to turn to get their wedding cake?

[NewHampshireDuo]

Good way of doing it. Actually, just post a note that 5% of all proceeds will go to a (pick one) organization.

[Rodamala]

as with with wedding photographers, DJs, florists, bands, caterers, all in the industry should require by contract that an invitation to the wedding ceremony be included so that they may be allowed to “speak now” and refuse to “hold their peace”... silence is consent... and failing to provide for a “free speech zone” is a violation of the rights of the business owners.

I look forward to reading stories with “boo hoo, the homophobe baker ruined my wedding” diatribes.

[Stormdog]

“Incorporate the next day under a new name.”

And a new menu:

Normal wedding cakes......x amount

Specialty Cakes
Sodomite & Sapphic Unification cakes...........$10,000
(Results not guaranteed)

[fwdude]

We are now slaves, it seems. But not all of us.

[Nea Wood]

Let me join the chorus and say that’s an absolutely brilliant idea. Kudos to you. I hope it catches on.

[Talisker]

Since you voluntarily surrendered your rights in exchange for State-granted privileges by incorporating - or by accepting the State’s presumption that you are operating under incorporated status without refuting it.

Why do you think they call income taxes “voluntary”?