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justiceischeap

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36. Isn't the person ordering the cake the one providing the speech?

Reply to riqster (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 03:25 PM

Apr 2015

If I'm ordering a cake with words on it, I'm the one providing the words. Not the baker. So, the preacher is right. Someone's free speech is being infringed upon and it isn't the bakers.

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Teapublicans now say that cakes are �Speech�. Really. Yes, really. [View all] riqster Apr 2015 OP

I guess diner stools and bus seats must be, as well. Orsino Apr 2015 #1

And rocks. Air. Water. riqster Apr 2015 #4

Only if every time one of them opened their mouth, someone shoved a piece of cake in it . . . Journeyman Apr 2015 #2

I thought those were pie-holes. riqster Apr 2015 #3

soon they'll be saying the 13th amendment violates their freedom and religious rights.... unblock Apr 2015 #5

Not an accident. That is the Teabagger end game. riqster Apr 2015 #6

Thank god Scarlett left me all those skirts. dixiegrrrrl Apr 2015 #10

Lawsy! riqster Apr 2015 #13

When manipulation of law 2naSalit Apr 2015 #7

Very true. riqster Apr 2015 #14

NPR's finest hour since broadcasting that "hundreds" of Iraq war protesters marched in DC hatrack Apr 2015 #8

NPR: "Now Proudly Republican". riqster Apr 2015 #15

Scalia said that "Money is speech." Is it such a stretch to see his fans saying BLANK is speech closeupready Apr 2015 #9

Anything they want to be speech is speech. riqster Apr 2015 #16

And, to take that to its logical conclusion, how long before liberal speech will NOT be speech? closeupready Apr 2015 #25

It does beg the question... Where is the line? TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2015 #11

Art is not the question. Speech is. Political speech. riqster Apr 2015 #20

And from the unforseen ramifications camp... TampaAnimusVortex Apr 2015 #31

That explains why chocolate cake is always calling my name. Vinca Apr 2015 #12

Saint Joan of Cake. riqster Apr 2015 #18

What's next? Wedding cakes are people, my friend? NightWatcher Apr 2015 #17

Binders full of cakes! riqster Apr 2015 #19

Ummm, binders full of cakes.... NightWatcher Apr 2015 #21

Just wait for it... 2naSalit Apr 2015 #22

Doubleplusungood. riqster Apr 2015 #24

Yes they are. And so are cookies monsters! yellowcanine Apr 2015 #30

Well, they kind of are. GoCubsGo Apr 2015 #23

Or, "I am f***ing crazy". riqster Apr 2015 #26

Another candidate for Cake Wrecks. GoCubsGo Apr 2015 #28

It is true! Cakes speak to me all the time. "Come on, a little piece won't hurt you, you can skip yellowcanine Apr 2015 #27

Cake is salad. riqster Apr 2015 #33

In the ongoing Washington State case DebbieCDC Apr 2015 #29

The only time flowers are speech in my world, are when I grab a rose the wrong way. riqster Apr 2015 #35

AHA! baptist precher on NPR said cake=speech. it must be coming from rush or fuxx gnewz...... pansypoo53219 Apr 2015 #32

It's Teavangelical talking points, quoted on air. riqster Apr 2015 #34

Isn't the person ordering the cake the one providing the speech? justiceischeap Apr 2015 #36

Evidently the Baptist Bakers see it differently. riqster Apr 2015 #37

They are going to eat their words corkhead Apr 2015 #38

lol, nice one. Vattel Apr 2015 #39

DUzy! riqster Apr 2015 #40

I had someone reply to me about bakers having to fill orders from Atheists with cookies saying... LynneSin Apr 2015 #41

And that was the icing on the cake... riqster Apr 2015 #42

Let them speak cake!!! Coventina Apr 2015 #43

Oui! riqster Apr 2015 #44