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LotrMorgoth
08/30/17 3:35:39 PM
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another instance of this is for sure depressing to still see; however at least this baker actively worked with the couple to help them find a new place to go

as a gay person i wouldn't support this bakery going forward, but i also think this is a fair out for the company and they shouldn't face any punishment
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TheVipaGTS
08/30/17 3:39:53 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
LotrMorgoth posted...
i also think this is a fair out for the company and they shouldn't face any punishment


Careful...if you don't actively support hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, CE will label you a bigot.

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eston
08/30/17 3:40:38 PM
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 3:41:54 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
LotrMorgoth posted...
i also think this is a fair out for the company and they shouldn't face any punishment


Careful...if you don't actively support hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, CE will label you a bigot.

Harassment and refusal to pay court fees tends to do that.
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NINExATExSEVEN
08/30/17 3:44:22 PM
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So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 3:46:39 PM
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I'm sensing an awful lot of white supremacist butthurt for some reason now that their favorite sites are getting shut down.
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LotrMorgoth
08/30/17 3:50:51 PM
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here's one link though it's very much pro-LGBT so it's slanted that way. . . will try to find one from the other side to balance it out

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/california-bakery-gay-wedding-cake_us_59a5ad31e4b084581a13adcd?section=us_queer-voices

added this:

http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/08/30/california-bakery-facing-backlash-after-refusing-to-make-wedding-cakes-for-same-sex-couples.html
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TheVipaGTS
08/30/17 3:51:36 PM
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. I also have no idea why Bakers make such a big deal about this. Christians also own party supply stores, dress shops, tuxedo shops, etc, etc, etc...Christian owned businesses have been contributing to Gay weddings since Gay weddings have been a thing. But for some really odd reason they've apparently decided to put their foot down when it comes to the cake..(well not all of them, but the majority of this seems to come from Bakeries)...

Imagine walking into an Asian owned bakery and having them say "...wait, you're asian...and you're marrying a white man? sorry i won't contribute to this...our culture is very strict on not mixing..."...that shit wouldn't be ok...why do people defend this?
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s0nicfan
08/30/17 3:52:28 PM
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Let the market work it out. If people disagree with that bakery's views, they will go out of business. If people don't really care, they'll continue. There's zero reason for government to get involved in cases like these.
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DoomSwell
08/30/17 3:54:07 PM
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LotrMorgoth posted...
at least this baker actively worked with the couple to help them find a new place to go

If you're going to help why don't you just serve them yourself?
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eston
08/30/17 3:55:00 PM
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NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Holy false equivalency Batman
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OrtegaTron
08/30/17 3:58:57 PM
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(Draws Ringil against TC)
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LotrMorgoth
08/30/17 4:01:51 PM
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OrtegaTron posted...
(Draws Ringil against TC)


you know how this ends for you. . .
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lowtides
08/30/17 4:02:21 PM
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It's ridiculous. As a gay man myself all I want is to be treated as an equal. Why should I be denied service just because I like men? This is repulsive and I don't get how anyone can defend something like this.
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OrtegaTron
08/30/17 4:02:21 PM
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LotrMorgoth posted...
OrtegaTron posted...
(Draws Ringil against TC)


you know how this ends for you. . .

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KILBOTz
08/30/17 4:03:21 PM
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The arbitrary line for me is a business operated out of someone's primary residence I am fine with them doing crap like that but if it is business in a commercial/residential area they have to accommodate those sort of requests.
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 5:02:09 PM
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fenderbender321 posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
fenderbender321 posted...
LotrMorgoth posted...
i also think this is a fair out for the company and they shouldn't face any punishment


Careful...if you don't actively support hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, CE will label you a bigot.

Harassment and refusal to pay court fees tends to do that.


People here all supported the idea that businesses should be shut down or massively fined out of business for refusing.

Breaking the law tends to get that sort of reaction. Weird, I know.
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:06:24 PM
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lowtides posted...
It's ridiculous. As a gay man myself all I want is to be treated as an equal. Why should I be denied service just because I like men? This is repulsive and I don't get how anyone can defend something like this.

A business owner has the right to refuse service to anyone. And if it goes against their religious beliefs why would you force them to commit sacrelige or whatever? It's not fair to ask that of them. Just move on to a different bakery. It's not the end of the world
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Taxer
08/30/17 5:06:46 PM
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I KNEW it was going to be here in the Central Valley. I came in expecting this to have happened in either Bakersfield or Fresno. Fuck Bakersfield, and this stupid owner. The "free market" does not correct bigotry and discrimination. Let them eat their fines.
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sondast
08/30/17 5:07:35 PM
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NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.
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BootyGif
08/30/17 5:08:55 PM
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Good

Your religious bullshit had no place in capitalism
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:09:01 PM
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sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 5:10:02 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?

Who did you think that poster was referring to when he started whining about Google?
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BootyGif
08/30/17 5:10:17 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?

Nazis openly hated gays
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:11:44 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?

Who did you think that poster was referring to when he started whining about Google?

Idk. The post you quoted had nothing to do with nazis though
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:12:09 PM
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BootyGif posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?

Nazis openly hated gays

So everyone who doesn't support them is a Nazi? Makes sense
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 5:13:18 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?

Who did you think that poster was referring to when he started whining about Google?

Idk. The post you quoted had nothing to do with nazis though

So what do you think he was referring to?
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:15:30 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?

Who did you think that poster was referring to when he started whining about Google?

Idk. The post you quoted had nothing to do with nazis though

So what do you think he was referring to?

I already said I don't know. It just sounded like incoherent rambling.
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 5:17:37 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
sondast posted...
NINExATExSEVEN posted...
So a bakery can't refuse service to a gay couple without legal action against them, but neo monopolies like Google and YouTube can refuse and hinder millions of people who share a different opinion and thats somehow okay and doesn't deserve legal action.

Wtf?

Nazis aren't a protected class in California.

Everyone you don't agree with is a Nazi?

Who did you think that poster was referring to when he started whining about Google?

Idk. The post you quoted had nothing to do with nazis though

So what do you think he was referring to?

I already said I don't know. It just sounded like incoherent rambling.

You afraid to guess or can we all just go ahead and agree that he was whinging about nazis getting kicked off YouTube?
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:18:57 PM
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I don't even know what you're talking about, bro
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 5:20:22 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
I don't even know what you're talking about, bro

OK bro, keep on pretending breh.
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:21:28 PM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
I don't even know what you're talking about, bro

OK bro, keep on pretending breh.

I'm not pretending anything. I don't get why you think that I am. Can you just post links to whatever you're talking about?
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 5:22:44 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
A_Good_Boy posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
I don't even know what you're talking about, bro

OK bro, keep on pretending breh.

I'm not pretending anything. I don't get why you think that I am. Can you just post links to whatever you're talking about?

You can't ask the guy whining about Google and YouTube? He's the one we're talking about. Go ahead and ask him which groups he's concerned about.
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GOATSLAYER
08/30/17 5:24:09 PM
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@NINExATExSEVEN

What groups were you talking about?
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The Admiral
08/30/17 5:26:52 PM
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CE is very quick to destroy someone's business and life's work, even if it puts other innocent employees out of a job, if someone dares to hurt their feelings. No price is too high when a snowflake is upset.
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A_Good_Boy
08/30/17 5:27:40 PM
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The Admiral posted...
CE is very quick to destroy someone's business and life's work, even if it puts other innocent employees out of a job, if someone dares to hurt their feelings. No price is too high when a snowflake is upset.

It's other people's fault that the bakery owner ran afoul of the law?
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LotrMorgoth
08/30/17 6:14:52 PM
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For me the difference here is the bakery didn't outright turn the people away, they provided a direct referral to another provider to complete the service-- this flies in the medical field, why not here?
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unpleasant_milk
08/30/17 6:16:05 PM
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lowtides posted...
It's ridiculous. As a gay man myself all I want is to be treated as an equal. Why should I be denied service just because I like men? This is repulsive and I don't get how anyone can defend something like this.


Their bakery, their choice.
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hockeybub89
08/30/17 6:16:51 PM
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The Deadpool
08/30/17 6:25:23 PM
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GOATSLAYER posted...
A business owner has the right to refuse service to anyone.


But they can't be racist.

Religious freedoms have a limit. If I believe my god requires a sexual sacrifice of a pre-pubescent once a month it's not gonna turn legal just because I really believe it will it?

You are welcome to believe X demographic is inferior, you can't act on it. That's descrimination.
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s0nicfan
08/30/17 6:26:30 PM
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The Deadpool posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
A business owner has the right to refuse service to anyone.


But they can't be racist.

Religious freedoms have a limit. If I believe my god requires a sexual sacrifice of a pre-pubescent once a month it's not gonna turn legal just because I really believe it will it?

You are welcome to believe X demographic is inferior, you can't act on it. That's descrimination.


But indentured servitude is also not legal. You can't force someone to do something for you, even if you offer to pay them. I don't agree with the bakers' opinions, but how is making them bake a cake they don't want to not a form of forced labor?
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LightningAce11
08/30/17 6:30:38 PM
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Why can't these people leave their religious beliefs at home? It shouldn't interfere with work.
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hockeybub89
08/30/17 6:30:38 PM
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s0nicfan posted...
The Deadpool posted...
GOATSLAYER posted...
A business owner has the right to refuse service to anyone.


But they can't be racist.

Religious freedoms have a limit. If I believe my god requires a sexual sacrifice of a pre-pubescent once a month it's not gonna turn legal just because I really believe it will it?

You are welcome to believe X demographic is inferior, you can't act on it. That's descrimination.


But indentured servitude is also not legal. You can't force someone to do something for you, even if you offer to pay them. I don't agree with the bakers' opinions, but how is making them bake a cake they don't want to not a form of forced labor?

Forcing a business to not refuse their service from certain people over immutable characteristics is never going to be slavery no matter how hard insane libertarians try to push it. Are you against all rules and restrictions on business owners because muh free market?
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Darmik
08/30/17 6:31:41 PM
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LotrMorgoth posted...
For me the difference here is the bakery didn't outright turn the people away, they provided a direct referral to another provider to complete the service-- this flies in the medical field, why not here?


Because it's not a medical referral it's a cake?

This excuse would fly if it was for a specific cake they don't provide. But they just outright refused to give wedding cakes to homosexual customers. That's a no-no.

s0nicfan posted...
But indentured servitude is also not legal. You can't force someone to do something for you, even if you offer to pay them. I don't agree with the bakers' opinions, but how is making them bake a cake they don't want to not a form of forced labor?


Err what? They sell cakes to people. That's their business. It's not indentured servitude.
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