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I don't wish them anything. They're making the choice to break the law, and there are consequences for that--both legal, and in terms of the bad PR that's already damaged their business. They did it to themselves.
We're supposed to be "tolerant" of people breaking the law? Do you ever listen to yourself? My guess is that's a no.
Have you seen their financials?
You have no earthly idea if their business has been damaged.
As far as breaking the law, I guess it's OK in some cases. Assault and battery ring any bells?
Because the gay couple complained and sued the bakery. So they are now gone from that store.
If the gay couple just went to another bakery this wouldn't even be a story to debate.
The courts are forcing a photographer to service gay weddings so the same will probably happen with this bakery.
Oh well, sucks for them doesn't it. A business succeeds by catering to all. If you pick and choose your customers then you are sure to fail and therefore suffer the consequences.
The bakery broke the law. The photographer broke the law. Why is this so hard for you to understand? We live in a country of laws. If you choose not to follow them, then there are consequences. If this couple hadn't complained, another would have down the road. It was just a matter of time.
And its a stupid law that hurts the business yet makes no difference to the consumer.
Oh well, sucks for them doesn't it. A business succeeds by catering to all. If you pick and choose your customers then you are sure to fail and therefore suffer the consequences.
Another one who didn't read the story.
They moved their business and are operating out of their home now.
You have no earthly idea if their business has been damaged.
As far as breaking the law, I guess it's OK in some cases. Assault and battery ring any bells?
What are you babbling about Sanrene? As for the rest, they're closing their shop and moving their business to their home, which from what I can gather, looks like it's still required to comply with Oregon state civil rights legislation. (I didn't take the time to look at the statute--just a summary by the state of Oregon) I've been a business owner for a long time, and that doesn't sound like a move that a booming business would do, especially in that field. Unless they have a commercial kitchen in their home the same size as the one in the shop, including cooler space, they wouldn't be able to produce in the volume they were before.
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