It is the business owners choice who they want to serve.
It is the couples choice to be upset about it and call for a boycott.
It is hypocritical to say that the couple or business is wrong after all shouldn't we be supporting the businesses that refuse to allow firearms on their property because they are sticking to their beliefs?
If you want to boycott a business then do so if you want to support a cause then do so this is America home of the free right?
I just might say that having to support gay marriage or face the wrath of "open minded, tolerant people" who will destroy your business, is a little different the choosing not to go to the theater with the no firearms signs on it.
ooooorrrrrr, maybe it's time for a 2nd amendment rights parade, where we all wear leather (holsters) and hump eachother in front of kids. ya know,, just to prove that we are tolerant, and open minded, and just want the same rights as everyone else...
All the bakery needs to do is to create an association.. those who wants to order cake from them, must be a member. Both local and federal courts have upheld America Boy's Scout stand on Gay membership because the right of freedom associations.
Late to thread, but I could have told you that the only thing to come from this would be a doubling of his business for the next month.
"There are no finger prints under water."
and Possibly a YEAR in jail...
24-34-602. Penalty and civil liability
(1) Any person who violates section 24-34-601 shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for each violation. A person aggrieved by the violation of section 24-34-601 shall bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where the violation occurred. Upon finding a violation, the court shall order the defendant to pay the fine to the aggrieved party.
(2) For each violation of section 24-34-601, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars nor more than three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(3) A judgment in favor of the party aggrieved or punishment upon an indictment or information shall be a bar to either prosecution, respectively; but the relief provided by this section shall be an alternative to that authorized by section 24-34-306 (9), and a person who seeks redress under this section shall not be permitted to seek relief from the commission.
The owner is a nice guy. My wife and I have ordered maybe a dozen cakes from him. They are expensive but good.
By the way, he will not make a Halloween cake either because of his religious beliefs.