Posted on 06/18/2015 12:55:54 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Racists would deny Black people products or services and they would be boycotted out of business.
Gays would demand wedding cakes from Christian bakers and their cries would be drowned out by the crickets.
Only if you want to argue a Freedom of Speech First Amendment defense. You could also frame it as a Freedom of Religion case and leave the speech qualification out entirely. Or you could argue for Free Association, or Involuntary Servitude, all of which sidestep the Free Speech issue.
The federal Public Accommodations Act does not protect homosexuals, and only a minority of states have Public Accommodations Laws that protect homosexuals. That is why there have only been a handful of cases involving bakers or florists and gay weddings.
I have seen cakes that would and do fall under the idea of art. Some are just mind boggling. Its almost a shame to cut them up and consume them...
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9th circus reversed again.
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