It is disappointing that Christians did not support this bakery, even after the heroic couple supposedly became a national cause celebre. Where were the Christian customers!??? Why were the homosexual boycotters able to shut this thing down?
In many of these cases there is also litigation involved, and often substantial fines. For example, the Wildflower Inn in Vermont is a family owned inn that specialized in hosting families. Unlike some inns that are oriented towards adults, the Wildflower Inn was oriented to families with kids, particularly young kids. And the owners clearly showed their religious orientation.
And then a pair of lesbians decided to make a test case out of them. The owners of the Inn ultimately had to settle, paying around $30,000 plus their legal expenses of course. See the whole sad story here .
Why anybody would want to force their interests upon a business that has a different orientation is beyond me. I certainly wouldn't consider, for example, having a meeting of a motorcycle club at that inn, or having a meeting of a church group at an inn that caters to vacationing singles with hot tubs and a bar. It seems like common sense, but the activists who force their desires on others have a broader political purpose in mind.