RUFKM? Judge orders Colorado Cake Maker to serve gay couples

[ChuckNorris]

Gay or not gay - the guy has a right as a private business owner to decide with whom he may or may not do business with, without the courts sticking their noses into it!

I am sick of the government / court system telling everyone what they can or cannot do because THEY say so!

[RblDiver]

There was a great guest on the Mandy Connell show this morning (well, guest host, but that time block). He said he was a gay man and he and his partner had gone to that same baker for a cake for their wedding. He said the baker didn't say no, but that he was very clearly uncomfortable with the whole situation, thus the two partners went elsewhere. The guest was saying, why would you even want to support someone who didn't agree with your beliefs? He thought the whole issue was just a case of the gays bullying the baker. He had a similar experience at a flower shop and some of the venues they wanted to use, but when they were turned down/saw the discomfort level, they didn't sue the establishments, they went to someone who wanted their business!

That guest had a lot of good common sense.

[BPTactical]

There was a great guest on the Mandy Connell show this morning (well, guest host, but that time block). He said he was a gay man and he and his partner had gone to that same baker for a cake for their wedding. He said the baker didn't say no, but that he was very clearly uncomfortable with the whole situation, thus the two partners went elsewhere. The guest was saying, why would you even want to support someone who didn't agree with your beliefs? He thought the whole issue was just a case of the gays bullying the baker. He had a similar experience at a flower shop and some of the venues they wanted to use, but when they were turned down/saw the discomfort level, they didn't sue the establishments, they went to someone who wanted their business!

That guest had a lot of good common sense.

And this is the way it should be.
I also heard that the couple in question were actually married in Massachusetts some time before this occurred.
Hmm, a gay couple from Massachusetts coming to Colorado not long after civil unions were approved looking for a "wedding" cake.
They knew just what they were doing, an "activist" couple looking to stir the pot.
Despicable.

[ChuckNorris]

And this is the way it should be.
I also heard that the couple in question were actually married in Massachusetts some time before this occurred.
Hmm, a gay couple from Massachusetts coming to Colorado not long after civil unions were approved looking for a "wedding" cake.
They knew just what they were doing, an "activist" couple looking to stir the pot.
Despicable.

WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER!

[DavieD55]

And this is the way it should be.
I also heard that the couple in question were actually married in Massachusetts some time before this occurred.
Hmm, a gay couple from Massachusetts coming to Colorado not long after civil unions were approved looking for a "wedding" cake.
They knew just what they were doing, an "activist" couple looking to stir the pot.
Despicable.

Exactly. Coupled with an activist on the bench.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

There was a great guest on the Mandy Connell show this morning (well, guest host, but that time block). He said he was a gay man and he and his partner had gone to that same baker for a cake for their wedding. He said the baker didn't say no, but that he was very clearly uncomfortable with the whole situation, thus the two partners went elsewhere. The guest was saying, why would you even want to support someone who didn't agree with your beliefs? He thought the whole issue was just a case of the gays bullying the baker. He had a similar experience at a flower shop and some of the venues they wanted to use, but when they were turned down/saw the discomfort level, they didn't sue the establishments, they went to someone who wanted their business!

That guest had a lot of good common sense.

This is kind of what I was getting at before.
I seriously do not understand insisting on going where your business is not wanted.

There are two parts to this in that the client and supplier will be supporting each other.
How many other cake-bakers are out there in the world? Enough that you could likely find someone you might actually want to support.
Even if you force someone to make a cake for you that doesn't want to, now you're helping someone who doesn't agree with you at all stay in business.

[spqrzilla]

I'm happy in Aurora.

So I'm gonna sue everyone that makes an insulting remark about this town.

[ChuckNorris]

I'm happy in Aurora.

So I'm gonna sue everyone that makes an insulting remark about this town.

. . . . and so it begins.

[spqrzilla]

The original rationale for Congress extending civil rights laws to private business was that a "public accomodation" - like a restaurant or a motel - if it discriminated against minorities impeded their ability to travel and that impacted interstate commerce. Now obviously a state law need not claim a nexus to interstate commerce as they have general police powers that Congress lacks but really, the great "wrong" that is being solved by this is to prevent someone from being denied a decorated cake? Sheesh.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Wickard v. Filburn made "interstate commerce" a total joke.