Cute Cake Tyranny

What a Cute Couple

A photo of Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig (a married gay couple) by Brennan Linsley of AP.

Aren’t these guys beautiful?  How can you look at that picture and not smile?  I wish these guys lived next door to me.

But however precious they are, they’re also tyrants.

 

A Cute Couple Abusing the Legal System, that is

They’re suing a private bakery because the owner wouldn’t make their wedding cake because of religious objection.  The couple have apparently chosen to go down the path that nearly all efforts at equality take: subjugation of whatever group they feel subjugated their group in the past.

“DENVER (AP) — A gay couple is pursuing a discrimination complaint against a Colorado bakery, saying the business refused them a wedding cake to honor their Massachusetts ceremony, and alleging that the owners have a history of turning away same-sex couples.

As more states move to legalize same-sex marriage and civil unions, the case highlights a growing tension between gay rights advocates and supporters of religious freedom.

‘Religious freedom is a fundamental right in America and it’s something that we champion at the ACLU,’ said Mark Silverstein, the legal director of the group in Colorado, which filed the complaint on behalf of the couple. ‘We are all entitled to our religious beliefs and we fight for that. But someone’s personal religious beliefs don’t justify breaking the law by discriminating against others in the public sphere.’

The attorney for Jack Phillips, one of the owners of Masterpiece Cakeshop, sees it differently.

‘We don’t believe that this is a case about commerce. At its heart, this is a case about conscience,’ said Nicolle Martin. She said the matter is important because it will serve as an example for future cases across the country as more gay couples gain legal recognitions for their relationships.”

Gay Marriage is Fine, but I Reserve the Right to Refuse Service to Anyone

It’s absurd that adults (no matter how cute) have to be told this, but using to force shove your beliefs down someone else’s throat is, by definition, coercive, and coercion is the last bastion of weak arguments that do not stand on their own merits.

Coercion isn’t cute. Cut it out.

Let the market operate, man.

 

“People don’t want peace, they want victory.”
–Mark Bowden (Blackhawk Down)

 

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Cute Cake Tyranny