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Originally Posted by Sea-Tac
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Originally Posted by F32Fleet
You should read the opinons from SCOTUS.
Specifically from Justice Thomas. The baker offered to sell the couple a cake in the case inlieu of designing one. I myself was not aware of the distinction until I read the opinions.
J. Thomas said, paraphrasing here, that to custom design a cake was a form of art by the baker and artwork is considered expressive speech which is protected by the 1st Amend.
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All good points you raise for certain.  I think where everything hinges, was going back to the Colorado law which prohibits "service" to anyone based on religion, sex, etc. Though not certain, I think "service" would include the creation of the design and sale, etc.
In any case, what I found out, and which I didn't know before, was that this baker had previously denied "service" to same sex couples in the past because of his religious beliefs but made a cake for the marriage of two dogs!!! I won't go there!
Marie-Antoinette, I think, said it best: "let them eat cake". |
IIRC the comission in Colorado allowed businesses to deny service to some extremist groups which created a problem in addition to the comissions overall contempt of religion in general.