Sweet cakes did refer the "couple" to another baker, and even offered other items from their bakery, but that wasn't good enough, probably because they went "shopping" for a Christian-owned business in the first place.
It's not about the cakes or equality. It's about marginalizing and silencing Christians who hold to the Bible's teachings. Criminalizing Christianity is just around the corner....
yes, i understand. but from a logical and legal standpoint, their argument falls apart the minute you show them that they are not in any way being deprived of a product or service. or at least it should fall apart in a sane world.
this is why Goldwater was opposed to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. he was correct. no matter how noble the goal, the reasoning behind it was flawed. our inalienable “right to free association” should put the kibosh on all of these frivolous civil rights claims and our feddle gummint would be a bit smaller now too (without all of those alphabet agencies dedicated to ferreting out and prosecuting anyone who has the gall to try and apply “right to free association” in their business and/or personal lives). the 1964 Civil Rights Act has been the foundation for lots of unconstitutional behavior by the government in the past 50 years.
BTW, there are eery similarities to Godwater’s 1964 campaign and Trumps 2016 campaign if anyone wants to go looking for them. Goldwater is more principled and erudite in my opinion than Trump, but both spoke to a segment of the population that felt isolated and alienated from the political class in Washington DC. might be a good article for somebody to write for one of those online political publications...