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And they got rewarded $150,000. How is that right? How is right to applaud a person's way of making a living be destroyed just so you can have a freaking cake?
That is what happens when a business breaks the law.
There is another thread (recently closed) out there for a bakery in CO who denied to make a cake for a gay couple. This, however, is from Oregon. I don't think posing a question is even necessary. My only statement is it's a for profit organization and it's not religious non-profit. They have to abide by the law or take it further up the legal court food chain.
In my opinion, it's no different than stores I've seen that have signs saying "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone," and restaurants that also take that approach: it's wrong, and I'm glad the bakery lost the case.
It's much different from customers who are actually doing something 'offensive,' trying to start trouble, etc.
I don't think any business owner or employee should have the right to refuse service simply because of their "beliefs."
The bakery doesn't refuse to serve gay people. It refuses to customize a product to recognize a ssm.
The bakery absolutely refused to serve a person because she was gay. It sells a certain product (wedding cakes), but it refuses to sell that product to gay people.
I'm sure they already had an established business before these new laws.
It's possible, but Multnomah County had such a law in effect since 2001. It's not like it's a brand new law that came out of nowhere - if the had an established business pre-dating the law, they had at least 12 years prior notice of the law and 12 years to plan for how to operate under it.
That's actually a good idea. If I had a restaurant or bakery and they tried to force me to serve people I didn't want to I would probably spit a big fat loogie in their cake or sprinkle some fecal matter or urine over it.
I hope you're being sarcastic - that's just a very nasty thing to do. Not to mention it's a felony. Would you really risk a felony conviction to make that point?
And they got rewarded $150,000. How is that right? How is right to applaud a person's way of making a living be destroyed just so you can have a freaking cake?
No, they haven't been awarded anything yet. The next hearing is in March.
There is another thread (recently closed) out there for a bakery in CO who denied to make a cake for a gay couple. This, however, is from Oregon. I don't think posing a question is even necessary. My only statement is it's a for profit organization and it's not religious non-profit. They have to abide by the law or take it further up the legal court food chain.
I still think people should be allowed a certain leeway when deciding what demands from customers they need to follow, and where they can just decide it's something they would not want to do.
However, I do not agree with simply refusing to fulfill an order by a customer, just because you are a bigot, and don't like the person's religion, lifestyle, skin color etc...
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