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Originally Posted by GoldHeart
But I've just shown you that article based on difference in religion views and beliefs and they don't do Christmas cakes .
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So?
It wasn't so much that they don't "do Christmas cakes" they do cakes and also put customised writing on the cakes. They refused to write the words "Merry Christmas" because they are not Christian... or something. Incredibly petty, but also discriminatory. Writing that on a cake does not interfere with their own religion or their own right to believe whatever they want. When you're wanting to run a business, you follow the law.
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Originally Posted by GoldHeart
And there will be places that don't do bar mitzvah cakes , not every place is going to give you what you want but they'll always be other places that do.
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That doesn't make any sense. If a bakery does cakes... it does cakes.
There is no difference between a bar mitzvah cake and a birthday cake or a Christmas cake, other than maybe the decoration.
If I went into a shop and asked for a 12 tier cake and they told me oh, actually we only bake cupcakes that's fair enough but to be told "Oh, yes we can write whatever message you want on your cake, but I'm not writing Congratulations Bob & Gary because that's gay" that's discriminatory.
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Originally Posted by GoldHeart
I just think people scream "discrimination" too much these days and it's not always as clear cut as that .
By all means if abuse and hate is there then fair enough,but these bakeries in Indonesia & America both seem polite & apologetic.
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Whether you think it's screamed too much or not has no bearing on whether something is discriminatory or not.
It's like saying "Oh bloody hell I'm sick of hearing of abuse and sexism in the workplace, people are complaining about it far too much". Maybe look at the cause being the actual sexism and abuse in the workplace, rather than the people speaking up about it.
If someone told a black guy "I'm ever so sorry but we don't allow black men on the premises of our shop. Could you please leave. Thank you ever so much. Have a nice day!" would we say oh that's not racism, they were apologetic and nice and polite.
Ummm, no.