[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Livia

If a couple of Christian fundamentalists walked into a bakery run by a gay couple and asked for a cake saying, for instance, "Homosexuality is an abomination in the eyes of God", I would expect the gay couple to refuse point blank. They'd have my backing just like the Christian couple have my support in this instance.

I think that is quite a poor comparison though.

You're comparing 'Support gay marriage' to 'Homosexuality is an abomination...', that's two different ballparks completely. One is a message of support, the other is a negative derogatory comment. A better comparison would have been if the christian customers wanted a cake displaying a positive religious notion that the gay bakers disagreed with but oh well.

I would not expect anyone to agree to making a discriminatory product, just like I wouldn't expect anyone to be forced to make products that support racism etc but if you were to come up with a 1:1 comparison (IE a positive religious slogan instead) then the gay bakers would have to make the cake whether they agreed with it or not.

Running a business means sometimes supplying services to people you disagree with.