Posted on 08/16/2015 2:47:21 AM PDT by markomalley
One of the reasons the court can get away with this is because so many people reject ALL religion, that they simply don’t care about ANY ruling that would legitimize religion in ANY way.
“One of the reasons the court can get away with this is because so many people reject ALL religion, that they simply don’t care about ANY ruling that would legitimize religion in ANY way.”
And when they come for them, who will remain to stand in their defense?
And another reason is that obama stacked the courts with anti-religious judges.
So when is someone going to order Pork Liver Pate’, Bacon and Brats from the Halal butcher for their Tim Tebow Tailgate Party and Prayer Breakfast?
This from a link in the SteynOnline archives. A bakery in Denver can refuse to make an anti-homesexual cake, but must make a homosexual “wedding” cake.
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/2015/04/i-dont-think-th.html
Now that I’d like to see.
Call me out of step, but it has really never occurred to me to make a social or political statement with a cake.
Is this what Malcolm X meant with “...by any means necessary?”
In the new era, everything is a social or political statement. A cake for a Christening celebration is a Statement. A cake for a wedding or baby shower. A cake for graduation or joining the military.
I once had a giant cookie decorated to celebrate the completion of the Tiger Cub rank by the group of boys I was leading. Someone could have taken offense! Another time I got cakes for an event at a religious foundation. An atheist (or Moslem) Sam’s Club employee might have objected to writing “Missionaries of the Poor” in icing.
Perfect answer.
We need a president and congress with enough guts and majority to correct the direction and path this country has gone down. Will it ever happen? I pray every day for that miracle.
Congress needs to put the Judicial branch of government on notice for it’s activism and repeal a few unconstitutional “laws” created by a branch that has no business “making” law.
How about this.....Bake the damn cakes and double the price. When the dust settles give half the profits to the church of your choice, thus having let the purchaser contribute to the church in your name. The churches may be willing to accept the money as most often they need it.
quote: “so many reject ALL religion.”
America is too secular, drugged-out and hormone-addled to care about the rights of those Bible-thumping Christians.
The powerful secularists include the liberal media, college professors,liber-doper-tarians, and promiscuous homosexuals (I repeat myself).
On top of that, rising numbers of atheist young people think the Bible has too many rules, especially the narrow-minded ban against hooking up and shacking up.
Yes, America was founded as a free country. However, our nation, like all nations except Israel, will eventually fade into the dust. We as Christians simply need to remember our salvation comes from the Lord and not from man...no matter how much we agree with them politically.
It started in the civil rights era when government passed laws forcing businesses to do business with minorities. The constitution only prohibits government from discriminating or showing preference for anyone, as we are entitled to equal treatment under the law.
I personally think it’s evil to discriminate against someone based on the color of their skin, but I also think it’s evil for government to show preference based on skin color (affirmative action) and to take away private property rights, freedom of religion, and freedom of association. Nevertheless, that’s where the country is today.
The only way to solve these issues is to return to constitutional governance. That is the only reasonable, clear standard. Government must not discriminate or show preference. Otherwise, every law becomes a struggle for political power with the winner cramming their will down on everyone else.
I expect some businesses will choose those options. However, the intention of the homosexual activists is not to acquire a cake. The intention is to create a “discrimination” case. If the merchant simply quotes a price - high or low - the activists might continue looking until they found someone who would not.
Sounds like bad logic even about what advocacy is. This was not about a blank cake but a wedding-themed cake.
Being that as it may be, perhaps it would show a better tie to traditional Christian beliefs to also be selective about what opposite-sex marriages get serviced.
The main requested caketop decoration must have to be a same-sex couple set of silly dolls. Otherwise, ANYONE purchasing just a simple generic wedding cake would not have to blubber on about it being a “gay” wedding to the baker. If I had a bakery; I’d just quit “decorating” wedding cakes & just make plain white cakes with white frosting & sell flower decorations separately so PEOPLE can simply decorate their own dern cakes themselves.
Jesus never promised freedom. He said we’d be persecuted. Buckle up.
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