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Originally posted by Henley
It's his business, his choice. PERIOD! Quit making an issue, crying about it and go to another cake shop!edit on 31-7-2012 by Henley because: (no reason given)
It is not a conspiracy. I opened this thread under 'Social and Civil unrest'. I do agree that the website is primarily catering to conspiracy theories with additional subjects under the forums.
Originally posted by TiM3LoRd
Lakewood (Colorado) Cake Shop Refuses Wedding Cake To Gay Couple.,
Why is this a conspiracy??
Originally posted by hp1229
It is not a conspiracy. I opened this thread under 'Social and Civil unrest'. I do agree that the website is primarily catering to conspiracy theories with additional subjects under the forums.
Originally posted by TiM3LoRd
Lakewood (Colorado) Cake Shop Refuses Wedding Cake To Gay Couple.,
Why is this a conspiracy??
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
Originally posted by paganini
uh anne correct me if im wrong but you were talking about the hetero pda and boob flashing and what not in mardi gra ?
edit yep i was right loledit on 1-8-2012 by paganini because: (no reason given)edit on 1-8-2012 by paganini because: (no reason given)
Now that's just silly aside what you see on TV. Those things do happen but it's not blatant as the TV would have you believe. People get arrested for doing those things. It's not socially acceptable nor is it in any way looked at as o.k. to get away with or legal.
Originally posted by JohnPhoenix
It was easy. I stayed on topic in relation to the post. If Anne wanted it to be obvious she was talking about the flip side of the argument, she should have indicated it better. Nothing embarrassing here.
Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
I don't see how this is any different than refusing a wedding cake to a black or multiracial couple; it's all bigotry, even if it's homophobia and not racism. Personal views are fine, but this is segregation. It's one thing to dislike a minority group, it's another to intentionally make life harder for them.
- The privately owned cake shop can service whoever they wish, right? I'm pretty sure that they have a right to refuse service if they want.
Well you can comment and contribute or simply ignore. There is nothing more to this thread then discussion. I hate politics to be honest. Choice is yours
Originally posted by TiM3LoRd
Originally posted by hp1229
It is not a conspiracy. I opened this thread under 'Social and Civil unrest'. I do agree that the website is primarily catering to conspiracy theories with additional subjects under the forums.
Originally posted by TiM3LoRd
Lakewood (Colorado) Cake Shop Refuses Wedding Cake To Gay Couple.,
Why is this a conspiracy??
Yeah because ATS needs MORE politically charged and morally polarized topics to divide people
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
reply to post by FlyersFan
- The privately owned cake shop can service whoever they wish, right? I'm pretty sure that they have a right to refuse service if they want.
Negative...anti-discrimination laws apply to homosexuals as well.
Do you think this cake shop should be allowed to hang up a sign saying "We dont' serve blacks"??? If not...then why do you think it is ok for them to basically say the same thing about homosexuals???
It seems like you have no problem with it at all.
Originally posted by VikingWarlord
reply to post by paganini
They were "childish" enough to blab to the whole world how they were mistreated instead of quietly finding another establishment that could fulfill their needs. No, instead they basically screamed "oppression!" and knew other irrational bleeding hearts would rush to their aid and take up the cause. I am not religious, and was very tolerant towards the gay community until about 5 years ago. They have become militant, in your face and hate filled. If you don't embrace them totally and have any differing opinion, you are a right wing demon bigot racist! As a former registered democrat, (now no party) and being not religious, I find it amusing to be lumped into their little category that anyone that doesn't worship them fall into.
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Originally posted by getreadyalready
Sexual orientation is not a protected class like race. Therefore, your analogy to a sign refusing service to blacks is off-base.
In some states, it already is.
Now, there is one famous suit that damaged Denny's in a large way, because they were systematically refusing service to blacks, but there are hundreds of other failed suits where blacks or women paid more for cars, or paid more for merchandise or services, and those lawsuits all failed.
There is a difference between being refused service and being shafted. The reason the second part failed is that the customers signed contracts or exchanged money, solidifying the service.
edit on 1-8-2012 by nixie_nox because: (no reason given)
Are red haired people a "protected class"??? Does that make it right and should it make it legal to discriminate against them???
I honestly don't care if there is no precedents...at some point in history there was no precedents that applied to racial discrimination.
It seems like your argument is justification of disgusting behavior.