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If the custom cake was an expression of free speech, forcing the baker to do so would be compelled speech. The principle you use to compel that speech would hav

• davorak 8y ago
  > If the custom cake was an expression of free speech, forcing the baker to do so would be compelled speech. This overstates it some. The baker is not forced to run a business that sells cakes to the public. > The principle you use to compel that speech would have broad implications for artists, writers, and all other creators. Not clear what the implications would be. I am not coming with broad results or impacts in a few minutes of thought. I get examples like: * An artists that sells couple portraits to couples can not refuse a gay couple. * A writer who sells obituaries to the public can not refuse to write one about a gay person. * A baker who sells cakes to the public can not refuse to bake a cake for a gay couple.