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forgotmylogin

(7,951 posts)
23. Exactly
Sun Feb 12, 2017, 04:26 PM
Feb 2017

It would be the same as taking an obscure foreign car to a mechanic. If he has to spend time doing research how to work on the car, he deserves to charge for it.

Similarly, if a religious bakery doesn't want to do a same-sex cake, they have the right to price-quote what will make it worth their while; they shouldn't have the right to refuse. The customer can accept the price, or take their business elsewhere.

The customer in each case should have the option to buy a blank cake at the standard price and add their own decoration themselves. That gives the bakery an out if the customer then displays a picture of it on social media and says "Here's XYZ Bakery's cake" when they've added a confederate flag, the bakery can respond "We sold them a blank cake, that's our cake, but we did not accomplish the hate speech."

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Ha Ha Ha Beakybird Feb 2017 #1
K & R LOVE IT!!! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2017 #2
Best part: Judge saw right through the fake christian. Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2017 #3
Better yet matt819 Feb 2017 #21
Great! mountain grammy Feb 2017 #4
Just some jackhole trying to scam a settlement Cirque du So-What Feb 2017 #5
That would be the 9th commandment angrychair Feb 2017 #6
The judge shoudl have asked him -- azureblue Feb 2017 #9
not to mention... HuskyOffset Feb 2017 #16
He should wear the hairshirt in court Cirque du So-What Feb 2017 #19
The GOP can't have its cake and eat it too. tenorly Feb 2017 #7
The Judge should require the bakery to make the cake benpollard Feb 2017 #8
That's a good idea yeoman6987 Feb 2017 #31
So now azureblue Feb 2017 #10
Business is business bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #11
But isnt there something illegal about quoting a price like that? 7962 Feb 2017 #12
Nope, its called the free market and if you dont want to pay what you are quoted cstanleytech Feb 2017 #14
Price differentials exist on many items bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #15
Exactly forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #23
I dont think you can quote different prices like that MichMan Feb 2017 #18
You're right, it should be that way bucolic_frolic Feb 2017 #28
All they'd have to do is show that the price is much lower for non-LGBT people. Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #22
They should refuse the decoration, but offer instead a blank cake at regular price. forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #24
*if* the business is set up as commission work. It's not. It's set up as a bakery w/ special orders Crash2Parties Feb 2017 #32
Isn't every cake with customization a commission? forgotmylogin Feb 2017 #35
Or they could give him a cake an option of a pack of candy letters he can spell his message with. haele Feb 2017 #34
Like charging different rent to different races. nt 7962 Feb 2017 #30
I hope they counter sued the SOB for damages. nt cstanleytech Feb 2017 #13
Or at least covered Court costs... Tikki Feb 2017 #17
Unsure if the RWNJ's are taking the cue from the likes of Trump's stupidity lambchopp59 Feb 2017 #20
Beautiful ck4829 Feb 2017 #25
That's Resistance! Hoyt Feb 2017 #26
Plaintiff should be charged with filing a frivolous lawsuit MrPurple Feb 2017 #27
be careful melm00se Feb 2017 #29
Not really, it didn't markpkessinger Feb 2017 #33
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