RE Sad Ending:
Maybe not so much. Depends on what you consider losing versus winning.
Financially, they lost, sure.
But they STILL didn’t bake the cake, and no one can physically force them to. So, from their Faith standpoint, they won that battle.
Life is full of choices; choices have consequences. You either CHOOSE to “obey”, and do - or you choose not to and don’t.
The only question at the end of the day is what are you WILLING to suffer for the choices you make? And what are you willing to do to defend what you say you believe in?
You can apply that to just about anything.
If they lose their store to the state its wont seem like much of a victory.
I recall Rand Paul on Maddow 2011 trying to make the case that the government has no business telling businesses who they must serve, he got such a beating on it that he repudiated and denied what he said on camera that was recorded.
In this case I don't even see it leading to a change in the law.
RE:”The only question at the end of the day is what are you WILLING to suffer for the choices you make? And what are you willing to do to defend what you say you believe in?”
Please bro, have you given up your livelihood and everything you own, maybe even your own life over your guns? Maybe insisting on walking around NYC sidewalks with a visible loaded gun to prove your point?(That might do it)
Of course not. I think these folks should decide to survive to fight another day on better ground, just like we do.