DiscussionThe same Colorado baker who refused to bake the gay wedding cake is now being fined for refusing to bake a transition cake.

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[–]julesburm1891[S] 35 insightful - 2 fun35 insightful - 1 fun36 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Details NPR left out:

  1. The transwoman verbally harassed the shop owner multiple times in print and over the phone before requesting the transition cake
  2. The transwoman requested a cake with Satan smoking a joint after the shop owner declined the transition cake but said he’d be willing to make other cakes for him
  3. The shop owner refuses to do any cakes disparaging LGB people, trans people, or any other group of people

…I think it’s safe to say Autumn is the asshole here.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This shopkeeper sounds like a reasonable bloke. The fact that he refuses to make cakes that disparage LGB people is proof that he is not a bad person. And even if he was a bad person, it’s not like he’s the only baker in the county.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 22 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I refuse to force people to bow down and comply with my most ridiculous demands.

Would I be slightly butthurt to be rebuffed on a wedding cake order? Yes. But I'd move on and find another baker. Life is too short to make enemies over stupid stuff.

This kind of advocacy isn't going to make people feel warm and fuzzy about LGBTQ+. As a matter of fact I don't feel very warm and fuzzy about the TQ+ part, and even the LGB part pisses me off more often than I'd like.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even without the T and all the other extra letters, the LGB on their own shoot ourselves in the feet with our behaviour.