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Originally Posted by loriinwa
Again you are conflating "sexual orientation" of the customer with the purpose of the cake - to celebrate a same-sex "marriage." There is no allegations that the baker refused to sell to the customer based on "sexual orientation". How do you know that the baker ever refused to bake birthday cakes or sell bakery goods to anyone due to their "sexual orientation"??
There is a similar issue going on in WA State where a florist declined to provide flowers for a customer's same sex "marriage" ceremony. The customer had purchased flowers at the shop for over 9 years and the owner also employed gay/lesbian workers. The issue had to do with violation of the owner's religious freedom and nothing to do with the customer's activities in the bedroom.
Why should the baker or this florist be forced to choose between their constitutional right to freely exercise their religious beliefs or earning a livelihood, when the customer only has to choose a different baker or florist?
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Again. The baker sold wedding cakes. By doing so he has to sell wedding cakes to anyone who comes in his store.
It's really simple. If you can not sell a product to everyone, then do not offer that produce for sale.
Religious beliefs do not trump generally applicable laws. If they did then no law would ever be binding on anyone since anyone can claim anything to be a religious belief.
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