Has everyone seen the news about this, a bakery refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, discrimination lawsuit followed, and now the US Supreme Court is looking at the case?
What I would like to do is give my own (partially-formed) impression, and then everybody critique it with your own take on this?
So; I am adamantly pro-gay rights, marching in Pride parades, gay rights advocacy, wrote a column for a local newspaper for a while...but this? ... idk but I think I would favor the right of the baker to opt out...
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The concern seems to be that if SCOTUS goes with the baker, that would open for the conservative Christian right to go wild with escalating homophobia oppressiveness. However, the baker sells regular merchandise equally to all customers, just doesn't want to try and put his artistry into a union he does not believe in.
Not that the baker handled this well; I think if I were the baker I would say, "Look, I just cannot put my heart and soul into this. I will take the commission but want you to know that I won't be doing it myself, will be handing it off to a staff person, because I know I cannot give it my full creativity."
And if I were the gay couple, would I really want a baker with an attitude to be making my special wedding cake?