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Hardly. A baker is free to say they won’t bake a giant swastika cake, or a massive ejaculating penis cake. They’re allowed to pick and choose what they’ll bake,
by GW150914 8y ago
Hardly. A baker is free to say they won’t bake a giant swastika cake, or a massive ejaculating penis cake. They’re allowed to pick and choose what they’ll bake, but not who they bake for. If a straight couple wants an ejaculating penis cake, and that offends the baker they don’t have to make it, but they can’t ban the straight couple for being straight. If a guy couple wants a typical wedding cake saying, “Jane and Jill 4 Ever” on it, that’s not something they can reasonably refuse. If Jane and Jill want a swastika cake, they’re shit out of luck.
- JumpCrisscross 8y agoWasn’t the case about a gay wedding cake? That makes disentangling the what and for whom very difficult.
- GW150914 8y agoIt wasn’t an unusual or offensive cake, so it really doesn’t. It’s not as though the couple asked for a cake, but “make it extra gay!”
- madeofpalk 8y agoWould "A. Baker" refuse to bake a non-homosexual wedding cake for a homosexual wedding (whatever that is)?
- teawrecks 8y agoIt was a normal cake. The "for whom" was the only differentiating factor.
- Natsu 8y agoThere's been more than one case, actually, so it really depends which case you're talking about.
- conanbatt 8y agoIf you refuse service to a neo-nazi, can you get sued and fined?
- throwawayjava 8y ago> can you get sued and fined? Generally not. I found this blog post pretty helpful: https://takecareblog.com/blog/neo-nazis-wedding-cakes-and-compelled-speech https://takecareblog.com/blog/neo-nazis-wedding-cakes-and-co... (Nit: anyone can be sued/fined for anything. The question is whether the plaintiff/gov't will win the resulting lawsuit.)
- conanbatt 8y agoIt was a rhetorical question, for the self-righteous proposition above.