Besieged Christian businesses have been battling against gay and lesbian couples who demand that they ignore their deeply held religious convictions and use their artistic talents to make wedding cakes, take photographs, and provide flower arrangements to celebrate and consecrate gay nuptials, thereby violating their ethics and morals beliefs.
Since the idea of same-sex marriage has only recently been sanctioned by the law, overturning thousands of years of tradition that marriage is meant to be between a man and a woman, it is curious that these couples and the government would be surprised and litigious regarding the reaction from these religious devouts.
The usual defense by business owners has been that such demands by gays and lesbians and the government co-conspirators is a violation of free speech, since participating and supporting the couples implies both acceptance and approval, which is simply coerced. The 1st Amendment would seem to be enough to quash these forced expressions, but the combination of a very powerful gay lobby and supporters such as the American Civil Liberties Union, along with unelected and out of control government agencies such as civil rights commissions and activist judges has completely overwhelmed small, religious business people, bankrupting them or driving them out of business for the crime of having and conforming to a strongly held belief and ethic.
The state has fined some of these individuals hundreds of thousands of dollars, and the gay couples have added insult to injury by suing the Christian business people as well for the injury of not concurring with their sexual beliefs and mores. And there is another agenda beyond just getting a beautiful wedding cake or bouquet of flowers to celebrate the nuptials of Fred and Ted.
See page 2 for theory on why Christians must be punished:
Is CO not still part of America….
THEY ABSOLUTELY SUCK!!! THESE MAGGOTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN SOMEBODY OUT OF BUSINESS!! THEY CAN BE GLAD IT WASN’T ME!! I’D ROCK THERE WORLD!!
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Yes like the only bakeries in CO are christian bakers. A business owner has the right to refuse service to anyone who enters their doors they do not need a reason, This is a part of business. Many of us get denied all the time, not enough money umm credit denial bank denial loan denial, is that racist based on income. Come on. If a gay couple really wants a cake for their union go to a baker who will bake it, don;t be hell bent on the christian baker who is just trying to follow his way of life exactly like you gay couples want to live your lives the way you want. Plenty of bakers, pick another grow up and deal with life. being different does not make you so special you get to make your own rules. gays wanted equality, well part of quality is getting told no, and moving on. While fighting for their right be be equals and live the way they want is it right to tell others they cannot pursue the life they want to. So problem solved lawyers go home, Supreme court justices Go back to more trying cases, if a baker says no i will not bake a cake for a gay wedding what do you do, well easy find another baker, call hundreds, that’s what straight people do, till you find one who will do what you want for the price you want to pay, remember we are capitalists money talks.
Florida has a right to refuse service to anyone! It’s great
WAIT A DAMN MINUTE ? THEIR BAKERY, THEIR BUSINESS,THEIR LOSS OF BUSINESS, NOT A LEGAL CASE, JUST DISGRUNTLED GAYS ! America Now GET YOUR DAMN CAKE AT ANOTHER BAKERY, PERHAPS A MUSLIM ONE?
Stay out of Colorado! Go around it, over it but never through it!
AND YET NOT ONE MUSLIM OWNED BAKERY WILL MAKE A CAKE FOR A GAY COUPLE, BUT NOTHING IS DONE TO THEM….WHY THE DOUBLE STANDARD?
Supreme court liberal suck’s
Stop it now!!!