Couldn’t the bakery have asked $1000 for a cake, and/or told the sinful couple they’re going to donate the fee to an anti-homosexual group?<<<<<<<<<<<
They could have, but the couple would still say they were discriminated against because the fee was higher, and I think the objective is lawsuit proceeds. I don’t think there is a way for the bakeries to remain independent in their choice of refusal of service. Unless the law can be changed, and good luck with that!
but gays and Muslim bakers can refuse cakes with bible verses on them?