Colorado baker ordered to serve gay wedding or face fines

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Jim in CT

Somehow, he cannot connect the dots to conclude that it's the gay rights activists who are trying to force their beliefs onto the baker.

Originally Posted by Nebe

Jim, the thing you are not grasping is that he is forcing his religion on the gays..

2 guys wanted a cake and the baker didn't want to make it for them.....and now they are Gay Rights Activists and the Baker is forcing his religion down their throats.

I prefer you just refer to them as 3 Stubborn A-holes....

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

I prefer you just refer to them as 3 Stubborn A-holes....

Seems to me that one could therefore say the same thing about the Boy Scouts?

[Jim in CT]

I don't beleive I'm struggling even a bit, I don't think it could be more simple. But Merry Christmas to you as well!

[scottw]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

2 guys wanted a cake and the baker didn't want to make it for them.....and now they are Gay Rights Activists and the Baker is forcing his religion down their throats.

I prefer you just refer to them as 3 Stubborn A-holes....

right...whatever happened to agreeing to disagree?

[FishermanTim]

What about a store cashier that sues because they were fired for not selling alcohol because their muslem religion forbids them from doing so?

If memory serves me right (hopefully) that clerk won their lawsuit because they shouldn't be forced to do something that was against their religious beliefs.

So what it sounds like is that the courts only acknowledge religions OTHER than Catholicism as real religions worthy of constitutional protection.

[likwid]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

What about a store cashier that sues because they were fired for not selling alcohol because their muslem religion forbids them from doing so?

If memory serves me right (hopefully) that clerk won their lawsuit because they shouldn't be forced to do something that was against their religious beliefs.

So what it sounds like is that the courts only acknowledge religions OTHER than Catholicism as real religions worthy of constitutional protection.

....that was in the UK

also there also remains the fact that in the US and the UK if the clerk/server is under 18, they can't sell you alcohol either, but have to get someone else to do it. a bit different than refusing someone service completely.