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Originally Posted by Niamh.

I disagree with that, refusing to put a slogan supporting a terrorist group is not discrimination against terrorist groups, since they're .....a terrorist group lol in fact the person asking for that message should probably be reported and questioned about their links to that terrorist group

It's not about whether or not it's discrimination though, and I'm not saying they shouldn't lose business, just that the consequences should be "natural" - i.e. Tell everyone how small minded and prejudiced they are and they will lose business, one would hope.

All I'm saying is that you can't legislate prejudice out of existence. If it was illegal for them to refuse to make the gay wedding cake, sure, they would make the cake, but would they be any less prejudiced? Would you WANT your cake to be made by people who are against something so fundamental about you, just because the law says they "have to"? It's just a mess.

Also, how is it feasible? You can't make legislation that says a business has go accept every single job. What if a cake shop has a load of other wedding booked for the same week and simply has to turn someone away? That has to be an option. You can't tell a private business that they must accept every contract that comes their way, it's just not feasible. And so, all you will end up with is people still turning away business for prejudiced reasons but just not being honest about them, and just saying that they aren't available at that time / can't do it for some other reason.

Better that people know their ****ty reasons in my opinion, so that they can then commit to NEVER using them.