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] 39 insightful - 4 fun39 insightful - 3 fun40 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

Here’s my take on this:

  1. This is being marketed as an LGBT issue when, this time, it is only a T issue. Of course it is.
  2. Given the guy’s past, this doesn’t seem like a good faith request to bake a cake. It feels like he’s been singled out to harass by an activist. (And we’re getting drug into the saga even when it now has nothing to do with us.)
  3. Unpopular opinion. I think there’s a difference between refusing to serve a group and refusing specific requests that violate someone’s religious beliefs. A baker refuses to bake a basic birthday cake for me because I’m a lesbian? That’s hateful and shouldn’t be allowed. A baker doesn’t want to bake a cake for my same-sex wedding because he or she is a devout Catholic and doesn’t support same-sex marriage? Okay. Fine. Whatever. They can keep their conscience clean and I can give an obscene amount of money to a baker who doesn’t have a problem with it. (That being said, the baker in the latter scenario is expected to take it on the chin if he or she loses all my business and/or all my friends’ and family’s business because of the refusal. The baker doesn’t get to have his cake and eat it.)

Anyways, what are your thoughts on this issue?

[–]dramasexual 18 insightful - 2 fun18 insightful - 1 fun19 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I'm firmly on the baker's side on this one. This is not some kind of systemic issue where a gay couple can't easily find a cake baker and the dude isn't even refusing to serve anyone, just refusing a specific commission he finds offensive. Everyone needs to leave this guy alone.