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applegrove

(132,599 posts)
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 04:32 AM Feb 2024

"If selling cakes makes bakers participants in gay marriages, then selling assault rifles

Mayba_6

And there you have it.

https://flic.kr/p/2pzunYp

"If selling cakes makes bakers participants in gay marriages, then selling assault rifles makes gun manufacturers participants in mass shootings"

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"If selling cakes makes bakers participants in gay marriages, then selling assault rifles (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2024 OP
It is legal for a gun dealer to not sell a gun... SYFROYH Feb 2024 #1
I hit a nerve. These are actually current or soon to be cases before judges that's why they are anologies. applegrove Feb 2024 #2
Seems like a poor analogy. SYFROYH Feb 2024 #14
pic Celerity Feb 2024 #3
Thank you. applegrove Feb 2024 #4
here Celerity Feb 2024 #7
I'm on my cell phone and flickr and other image hosting sites applegrove Feb 2024 #8
yes that is why I sent you those image sites Celerity Feb 2024 #11
The imgur link doesn't render on my phone. I am hesitant applegrove Feb 2024 #12
The very act of making a cake knowing it is for a gay wedding . . . Aussie105 Feb 2024 #5
Gungeon talk. Not what I posted. applegrove Feb 2024 #10
Elise Stefanik is married to a guy who represents gun manufacturers. Rhiannon12866 Feb 2024 #6
That explains it. applegrove Feb 2024 #9
Yes it does..... Blue Owl Feb 2024 #13

SYFROYH

(34,214 posts)
1. It is legal for a gun dealer to not sell a gun...
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 04:59 AM
Feb 2024


…to someone because they suspect it will be used in a crime like a mass shooting.

Whats the analogy here?

applegrove

(132,599 posts)
2. I hit a nerve. These are actually current or soon to be cases before judges that's why they are anologies.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 05:38 AM
Feb 2024

Last edited Mon Apr 29, 2024, 08:09 PM - Edit history (3)

There are analogies everywhere in case law. That is how the law works.

(Responder said it was not an analogy).

SYFROYH

(34,214 posts)
14. Seems like a poor analogy.
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 08:12 PM
Feb 2024

We don’t want gun dealers knowingly selling guns to people who plan on a mass shooting.

We do want cake makers to knowingly sell cakes to gay couples.

Perhaps the referenced tweeter feels differently.

applegrove

(132,599 posts)
8. I'm on my cell phone and flickr and other image hosting sites
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 06:59 AM
Feb 2024

and they almost never work for me.

Celerity

(54,659 posts)
11. yes that is why I sent you those image sites
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 07:15 AM
Feb 2024

just right click on the image and copy and paste the URL into the one that works for that image

you may have to change the end of the resultant URL from Postimages to .jpg in order for the DU formatting software to display it

applegrove

(132,599 posts)
12. The imgur link doesn't render on my phone. I am hesitant
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 07:26 AM
Feb 2024

to another image app to my phone. I have three already. I'm just not handy on my phone. I know it is frustrating. I usually type out the text from the meme I link to just in case someone can't go to the link or doesn't want to.

Aussie105

(8,033 posts)
5. The very act of making a cake knowing it is for a gay wedding . . .
Thu Feb 22, 2024, 06:06 AM
Feb 2024

makes you prone to becoming a gay baker.

Just like selling a gun to a potential mass shooter makes you likely to become a mass shooter yourself.

Yep, I can see the problem.

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