Bakery Faces Boycott for Refusing to Make Gay Wedding Cake

[Sharpienads]

The facebook page calling for a boycott says that the owner has received death threats. Don't know if it's true or not, but I wouldn't be surprised.

[clublights]

The facebook page calling for a boycott says that the owner has received death threats. Don't know if it's true or not, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Wouldn't that technically be a hate crime?

He's doing it on his religious beliefs...

[newracer]

If you read comments about it online, many are saying what he did was illegal.

Some folks are just idiots, like the people who think that the right to free speech applies in all situations.

It actually is illegal.

24-34-601. Discrimination in places of public accommodation - definition

(1) As used in this part 6, "place of public accommodation" means any place of business engaged in any sales to the public and any place offering services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to the public, including but not limited to any business offering wholesale or retail sales to the public; any place to eat, drink, sleep, or rest, or any combination thereof; any sporting or recreational area and facility; any public transportation facility; a barber shop, bathhouse, swimming pool, bath, steam or massage parlor, gymnasium, or other establishment conducted to serve the health, appearance, or physical condition of a person; a campsite or trailer camp; a dispensary, clinic, hospital, convalescent home, or other institution for the sick, ailing, aged, or infirm; a mortuary, undertaking parlor, or cemetery; an educational institution; or any public building, park, arena, theater, hall, auditorium, museum, library, exhibit, or public facility of any kind whether indoor or outdoor. "Place of public accommodation" shall not include a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place that is principally used for religious purposes.

(2) It is a discriminatory practice and unlawful for a person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from, or deny to an individual or a group, because of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, or ancestry, the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation or, directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, post, or mail any written, electronic, or printed communication, notice, or advertisement that indicates that the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of a place of public accommodation will be refused, withheld from, or denied an individual or that an individual's patronage or presence at a place of public accommodation is unwelcome, objectionable, unacceptable, or undesirable because of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, or ancestry.

(2.5) It is a discriminatory practice and unlawful for any person to discriminate against any individual or group because such person or group has opposed any practice made a discriminatory practice by this part 6 or because such person or group has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing conducted pursuant to this part 6.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, it is not a discriminatory practice for a person to restrict admission to a place of public accommodation to individuals of one sex if such restriction has a bona fide relationship to the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of such place of public accommodation.

[rondog]

Is a "gay cake" made with fudge?

And wasn't there a bakery here that made cakes shaped like all of the assorted interesting body parts? Coulda got a big cake that looked like a couple of crossed swords, I guess.....

[Rucker61]

It actually is illegal.

What legal excerpt is that from?

[Big Wall]

Looking at his web site, he has several examples of religious themed cakes shown. I applaud him for standing by his beliefs.

[newracer]

What legal excerpt is that from?

Colorado Revised Statute 24-34-601

[sniper7]

It actually is illegal.

so what kind of punishment could he be looking at?

[Byte Stryke]

So freedom of religion isn't...

[Dr_Fwd]

Looking at his web site, he has several examples of religious themed cakes shown. I applaud him for standing by his beliefs.

Have a link?

P. S. Never mind, found it.