{"id":2162,"date":"2014-05-31T16:42:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T16:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/?p=2162"},"modified":"2018-03-14T01:55:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T01:55:54","slug":"my-opinion-state-ruling-baker-must-make-cakes-for-gay-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamweddingshawaii.com\/my-opinion-state-ruling-baker-must-make-cakes-for-gay-couple\/","title":{"rendered":"My Opinion: State says Baker must Accept Business from Same-Sex Couple"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: Baker refuses to obey court order:<\/span> \u00a0<\/strong>Read the article here<\/a><\/p>\n

According to an ABC article<\/a>, a \u00a0Colorado Baker who has refused to bake wedding cakes for gay couples has been ordered by a State Panel to do so. The State Panel ruled the baker violated State laws which prohibited discrimination to same-sex couples. The State Panel has also ordered the bakery to file quarterly anti-discrimination reports per year, for two years; and for the staff to undergo “sensitivity training.” \u00a0The baker, a devout Christian, originally said he would bake different cakes for gay couples, but not wedding cakes.<\/p>\n

If you’re curious to where I stand, her it is.<\/p>\n

1) \u00a0Morally, it’s wrong for for this baker to refuse business from a gay couple. \u00a0One should never mix their religious, political, or personal beliefs with business. \u00a0If I ran a a bakery, I would gladly accept the business from any paying customer; but that’s just me. \u00a0 Refusing business from a same-sex couple is definitely discrimination, and \u00a0it’s just a bad business practice. \u00a0It’s the equivalent of a bakery saying they won’t serve\u00a0republicans.<\/p>\n

2) But at the same time, it’s also wrong for the State, or any government agency, to force their hand to tell a business who they can, and who they cannot serve.<\/p>\n

The most offensive type of speech, is protected by the constitution.<\/p>\n

Conceding to the State Law, the baker \u00a0can lawfully refuse to bake cakes for satanist, pedophiles, polygamous, wiccans, atheist…. but he must bake cakes for same-sex couples. \u00a0That just doesn’t make sense. \u00a0The State of Colorado should let the market run its course. \u00a0It is 100% legal to be a homophobic baker. \u00a0That’s his freedom of speech. \u00a0They should let it happen. \u00a0If the people of Colorado felt offended that this baker would refuse business from gay couples, they would vote with their wallets. \u00a0And if enough vote no with their wallets, then he would eventually go out of business, or his business would suffer causing him to change his tune.<\/p>\n

There is something really fishy about this case. \u00a0Who would want their cake baked by someone who doesn’t approve of their lifestyle? \u00a0 I would never eat at a restaurant, whom I knew for a fact, featured a cook who hated Chinese….<\/p>\n

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