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Question: Should the baker be forced to sell the cake?
#1
Yes, but only because it's not for a wedding
 
#2
Yes, even if it were for a wedding and not a birthday
 
#3
No, she should not have to sell them the cake
 
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
Ernest
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« on: July 18, 2016, 12:55:32 AM »

Owning any kind of bakery or restaurant is an incredibly hectic, fast-paced job, and the fact that this baker is so overcome with hatred for gay people that she wasted time on this foolishness is downright pathetic.

You're a baker. Bake cakes, sell cakes and shut the hell up. If you wanted to save humanity from sin, you should have joined the clergy.

Religion is too important to be left to the priests.  That said, refusing to sell a cake saying "Happy Birthday <insert name here>!" because she was the woman's wife instead of her friend is definitely ridiculous.
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2016, 07:54:53 AM »

Is this the only place to buy a cake?  And they don't like gay people?  Seems like a perfect business opportunity for someone that isn't a bigot.

If there are only a few gay people in town, it doesn't sound like a "perfect business opportunity" unless you want to charge extortionate prices of gay customers banned from the other bakery. This baker can successfully discriminate without suffering much in the way of consequences.

Why do you assume that only gay people would want to avoid giving their business to an anti-gay bigot?
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True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)
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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2016, 06:49:55 AM »

No, the government should not force her to sell her the cake.  But as a decent human being (and/or a sane business owner), she should sell her the damn cake and stop Facebook stalking her customers.

Do you believe Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 should exist?  If so, what makes race/national origin more deserving of protection than sexual orientation in today's society?

Title II doesn't cover custom bakeries as they are not a public accommodation (unless the shop allows people to eat on premise in which case it would be covered as a restaurant). While some state anti-discrimination laws are more broad in defining "public accommodation", Federal law is not.
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