Gay Cakes case decided in favor of baker, 7-2

Should be good for some salt since it's gay pride month or whatever.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...es-against-gay-wedding-exemptions/1052989001/

A 7-2 decision, sotomayor and Ginsberg dissenting. Multiple concurrences, with the majority opinion written by Kennedy.

For extra fun observe how the news media attempts to describe a 7-2 case as a "narrow decision" and attempts to marginalize a case that has been a running joke on both sides of the political spectrum for years. It is narrow in the sense it does not allow for discrimination and murder of gays, but to suggest the ruling was particularly contentious would be dishonest, and common sense prevailed in this case. While technically true I believe most people would consider a 5-4 narrow, not a 7-2. The Supremes very rarely make any decisions that would not be "narrow" by USAtoday's definition.

The baker did not refuse service and offered to sell them many other products, but he would not make a gay marriage cake.

Link to the supreme court website to download the decision (the majority and minority decisions are the first and last few pages and are worth reading).

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_j4el.pdf
 
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Cherie Bomb said:
https://www.theatlantic.com/nationa...e-still-enforcing-its-anti-sodomy-law/312798/
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All the links in your article about sodomy laws being enforced point to another article that is 404'd.

Cherie Bomb said:
Consider that Britain was nearly destroyed by Nazi bombs
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Anti hate speech laws never would have prevented the third Reich from bombing Britain, I'm not sure I'm following your train of thought.

Free speech was enshrined as something the government should not ever touch in 1776 in the states, before Nazis were around.
 
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On the one hand it sucks being denied service because of this, I can’t even imagine understanding that feeling of being on the receiving end. However, with so many other business options out there, why not just to give your money to someone who wants it and will pour their heart into making you a damn good cake?

It’s so absurd to take this to the Supreme Court.
 
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I just can’t wait till somebody has a strong moral and religious objection to some mud shark and her buck or some weeb and his Asian princess getting married. I say if I can’t have my rights let’s just make sure that everyone looses their rights then we will all finally be equal. Yeah, that’s the way.
 
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As part of the community my response has always been ‘discrimination sucks. Bakery’s choice though’. Big meh out of me. You can’t bitch about people accepting you when you don’t accept them, that includes their right to be bigoted as long as they’re not suppressing their human rights. It’s not a legal issue imo. I was on the bakery’s side in this case. Those dumb dykes made a cirus out of it.
 
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You see, you typed out a lot, but all I read was, "I'm a buttblasted faggot."
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Shouldn't somebody take a stand for buttblasted faggots everywhere? It's Pride Month; their bottoms may hurt too much to stand up right now.

The Great Chandler said:
You askin' for a threadin'?
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Not particularly. I sincerely hope this is all overreaction on my part. I don't like people who try and impose their religious beliefs on others outside of a house of worship.

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Yeah, try as I might, I can't remember the last time some radical American Christians killed a couple thousand innocent people in the span of one single morning, can you?
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While you can't say there's been an act of terror perpetrated by Christians with a death toll as large as 9/11, there are several instances of terrorist attacks on abortion clinics. Despite failing to overturn Roe v. Wade, women's access to abortion and birth control has recently been limited at both the federal and state level. Supreme Court rulings such as Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. are further chipping away at women's autonomy over their own bodies.

Whether we're talking women or fags, it pisses me off to see minorities' rights trampled while the Christian majority whines about persecution through things like the nonexistent War on Christmas.
 
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You can’t bitch about people accepting you when you don’t accept them, .
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This is the core reason socjus is failing, there's no reciprocity in it. It sets up a hard, dogmatic, one-way street where respect and reverence must flow from one group to another, but never, ever EVER in reverse..... no matter how the people in those groups act individualy or towards others.

Such a notion is inherently unfair and will sow the discontent that will eventually destroy it.
 
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It's true that hate speech is protected in America.
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Hate speech is just opinions you don't like. Have you ever read the Koran? By definition it is hate speech. So your choice is pretty clear, freedom of speech and religion, or hate speech laws and no freedom of speech or religion. There is the dishonest 3rd choice of claiming freedom of religion while having hate speech laws and ignoring the hate speech inherent in some religious texts. but no one would be that stupid... right?
 
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Cherie Bomb said:
Shouldn't somebody take a stand for buttblasted faggots everywhere? It's Pride Month; their bottoms may hurt too much to stand up right now.



Not particularly. I sincerely hope this is all overreaction on my part. I don't like people who try and impose their religious beliefs on others outside of a house of worship.



While you can't say there's been an act of terror perpetrated by Christians with a death toll as large as 9/11, there are several instances of terrorist attacks on abortion clinics. Despite failing to overturn Roe v. Wade, women's access to abortion and birth control has recently been limited at both the federal and state level. Supreme Court rulings such as Burwell vs. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. are further chipping away at women's autonomy over their own bodies.

Whether we're talking women or fags, it pisses me off to see minorities' rights trampled while the Christian majority whines about persecution through things like the nonexistent War on Christmas.
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There's an entire board for you. I politely suggest you go there.
 
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@Cherie Bomb

Yes. You are overreacting. And so is half the thread so let me tell you why: Don't think of this with cakes. Think art comissions. This was an artist deciding he didn't want to take this particular comission for religious reasons and all he did was vocalize why. Now sure it's not a perfect analogy cause he had other stuff he could sell them unlike an artist who works primarily off comission, but in the end that's all this was: a refusal to take a comission.

TL;DR, calm your fucking tits.
 
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