GasBandit
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Uh, no, Ash's hypothetical was -One is hate speech and one isn't.
His hypothetical was a christian couple going into a lesbian bakery and asking for a wedding cake and being refused. That's NEVER happened.
In his summary of the "cake battles" currently popping up around the country, Scott Shackford of Reason made this particularly salient observation:This would be true if Christians weren't suing bakeries for not putting their anti-gay hate speech on their cakes. Unfortunately, those people don't seem to realize that hate speech isn't something they can force on a third party...
"What frequently gets ignored in these political battles—aside from the concept that people should have the right to associate (or not associate) with whomever they choose—is whether the law is the best tool to resolve these conflicts. Many wedding businesses are falling all over themselves to compete in this new and potentially profitable market. There is little indication that gay couples actually need the government to force resistant religious bakers to fire up their mixers in order to have the wedding of their dreams."
Should a Kosher deli be forced to prepare pork?If someone was against black people, should they have the right to refuse service to them?