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christx30

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42. But if you don't bake the cake,

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 8, 2015, 09:50 AM

Jul 2015

you don't sell the cake, you still own it.

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Religious beliefs, gay rights clash in court case over cake [View all] Omaha Steve Jul 2015 OP

We're back to cake baking? bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #1

Hobby-Lobby DallasNE Jul 2015 #4

Yes, you make sense bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #21

Why stop with fines - how about 30 days in jail for unemployed murderers, with the penalty 24601 Jul 2015 #29

It depends on what you consider discriminatory bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #32

A progressive income tax would be discriminatory bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #33

it depends on how much creative input the baker has. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #5

Exactly. yardwork Jul 2015 #9

there's a first amendment issue not just in terms of religion geek tragedy Jul 2015 #10

So far, none of these cases involve offensive messages. yardwork Jul 2015 #11

then that's illegal in all likelihood. I'm not aware of the facts in the instant geek tragedy Jul 2015 #16

I don't know how Jewish screenwriters could be forced that way catrose Jul 2015 #23

drawing a distinction between a cake decorator and a screenwriter geek tragedy Jul 2015 #24

The jokes would write themselves... catrose Jul 2015 #25

I Dpn't Buy The First Point DallasNE Jul 2015 #13

a person's religious beliefs are what they say they are, in most court cases. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #17

That is correct. yardwork Jul 2015 #26

we agree. they are not relevant in this case. geek tragedy Jul 2015 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #38

Are you on drugs? /nt yardwork Jul 2015 #39

But if you don't bake the cake, christx30 Jul 2015 #42

So, does he also refuse to sell to liars, theives, adulterers, etc.? Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2015 #2

More appropriately, would he bake a wedding cake for divorcees? brooklynite Jul 2015 #8

they always conveniently ignore divorce restorefreedom Jul 2015 #12

I don't agree that that's more "appropriate". I don't think divorce is proscribed by Christianity. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2015 #18

Matthew 5:32 brooklynite Jul 2015 #19

I do think the fact that they see gay marriage as more of a threat to "traditional marriage" than Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2015 #22

The argument is not that they won't bake a cake - any cake - for a gay person Yo_Mama Jul 2015 #35

That's not correct, based on my understanding of the cases. yardwork Jul 2015 #36

Would go out of business overnight randys1 Jul 2015 #27

I think he ought to go out of business so as not to compromise his religious convictions. Dark n Stormy Knight Jul 2015 #30

What Is The Difference DallasNE Jul 2015 #3

they can't split this hair restorefreedom Jul 2015 #15

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #40

His made up beliefs? Jesus never said anything about gay love. Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #6

If the law says no discrimination, House of Roberts Jul 2015 #7

This place is near my house DavidDvorkin Jul 2015 #14

Discrimination bullsnarfle Jul 2015 #20

Or worse, do just enough christx30 Jul 2015 #43

This shit again?????? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Jul 2015 #31

while wrong, i would think that some people appreciate the warning HFRN Jul 2015 #34

Allow me to speak to that, as a gay person. yardwork Jul 2015 #37

point well taken nt HFRN Jul 2015 #41