What's A Gay Cake?

[icyfroth]

US baker told to make gay wedding cake

A US Civil Rights Commission has ordered a baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious objections did not outweigh the state's anti-discrimination statutes.

The unanimous ruling from the seven-member commission in Colorado upheld a judge's finding in December that Jack Phillips violated civil rights law when he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012.

The couple sued.

Phillips said the decision violates his First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of his religion.

"I will stand by my convictions until somebody shuts me down," he told reporters.

Gary marriage remains illegal in Colorado, but the state law prohibits businesses from refusing to serve customers based on their sexual orientation.

The couple who sued Phillips, Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig, were married in Massachusetts and wanted a wedding cake for a reception to celebrate their union back home.

The panel ordered Phillips to stop discriminating against gay people and to report quarterly for two years on staff anti-discrimination training and any customers he refuses to serve.

Phillips' lawyer said she was considering appealing the ruling.

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I don't understand the problem.

Why didn't the baker just make the cake?

Why didn't the couple just go to someone who would instead of suing?

Why doesn't the baker have the right to refuse on the grounds of his beliefs?

Why is gay marriage illegal in that state yet it's illegal to refuse making a cake for an illegal ceremony? Huh? Double standards! The baker should turn around and sue the state to legalise gay marriage

And what constitutes a gay cake, anyway?

[lis351]

And what constitutes a gay cake, anyway?

Probably just the topppers Icy, 2 grooms or 2 brides. I cant imagine anything else that would differ in wedding cakes for a same sex couple.

Sounds to me like too many people with too much time on their hands.

[bright.ton42]

Probably what Lis says,  also maybe with rainbow stripes or decoration?   

Hardly worth suing though imo,  just find someone who will do it, shouldn't be too hard.

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

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@icyfroth wrote:

I don't understand the problem.

Why didn't the baker just make the cake?

Why didn't the couple just go to someone who would instead of suing?

Why doesn't the baker have the right to refuse on the grounds of his beliefs?

Why is gay marriage illegal in that state yet it's illegal to refuse making a cake for an illegal ceremony? Huh? Double standards! The baker should turn around and sue the state to legalise gay marriage

And what constitutes a gay cake, anyway?

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[vampire-teddy]

personally i would just find a baker who would be happy to make a cake.  i don't know that i would want or trust someone to make me something if they hated me anyway.  yes the baker is a bigot but suing over something like this is ridiculous, the couple should be grateful they can get married in the first place, unlike us here in Australia

[j*oono]

I agree with you Vampire.  They should have gone elsewhere and I think their vindictiveness just puts them in the same boat as the baker.

[icyfroth]

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@bright.ton42 wrote:

Probably what Lis says,  also maybe with rainbow stripes or decoration?   

Hardly worth suing though imo,  just find someone who will do it, shouldn't be too hard.

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I like the idea of a rainbow cake

[freakiness]

If they were in Aus they could have gone to http://www.gaycakes.com.au/

[the_great_she_elephant]

If the baker had refused to make the cake for them on the grounds that they were black or Muslims would that have made a difference?

[*pepe]

i don't agree with him but if it is against his religious convictions then I don't think he should be forced to do it.