Quote Originally Posted by theGinsue View Post
Some will say that this bakery is a "public business" and, as such, must abide by certain civil rights protections. I contend that this bakery is a private business - owned by a private citizen - and the owner ultimately has the right to refuse to serve any customer he chooses, particularly if doing business with them violates his religious beliefs. The Civil Rights rules were put into place because of discrimination based off of skin color which isn't something someone has any ability to change and isn't something that violates any (mainstream) religious tenants. Homosexuality is more of a behavior and mental ideology - something that one can choose to express or not. In my opinion, their choice(s) do not trump the right of a business owner to freely exercise his religion.
FFS- finally someone says it! I've been saying this from day one. "Open to the public" and a "Public establishment" are two separate things. If I own a gun store, I can refuse service because some shady looking individual comes in intent on buying a gun. I may assume he's up to no good even if he's not, but it's still MY right as a business owner to refuse service. It used to be that business could put up signs that say "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone." Guess that isn't the case now? What changed? I guess a lot of folks out there need to unwad their panties and stop crying to the courts when they don't get their way. Life is tough, get a dog.