A Colorado wingnut religious leader named William Jack thought he had figured out a way to turn the tables on all them queers who insist on walking in and demanding delicious cake for their fake "nuptials." He thought he could show that, as always, Conservative Christians are the real victims. So he marched up into the Azucar Bakery in Denver and said hey, will you make me a cake that conveys the message that I hate fags? Instead of refusing to bake the cake, owner Marjorie Silva was like, "Sure, I'll make you the cake, and I'll even give you all the necessary implements you need to write Buttsechs With Guys Is Definitely Not MY Favorite on top, but I'm not writing it myself," because Silva has a policy against writing hateful messages on cake.
Or, in law-speak, raging jerks are not a discrete and insular minority. They do not have a history of discrimination or political powerlessness against them, since they typically run the country. Being a jerk *is* an immutable characteristic, but that alone doesn't serve to create a protected class.
(Ha, this would be the analysis for constitutional equal protection purposes, like if bakers were to say that an anti-discrimination law violated their constitutional rights. Granted, religious protections are actually statutory in the Civil Rights Act. But being a jerk and being religious aren't actually the same thing :P)
Any risk of confusion will be settled by the amendment to the new law, which will make gay people easier to identify, by asking them in a polite, Christian way, to please always wear a pink triangle on their lapel. Or a yellow star. Either will work.
Uh, baseball bat made of votes, of course.
I was just thinking the same thing. What a crappy time it is to have a bakery.
Nah. Rosie O'Donnell already said that no lesbian would ever cater a wedding with pizza and we all know her word is god.
It's "different" in that religion is a protected class and orientation isn't. And they plan to damn well keep it that way.
Could just send them a bag of dicks to eat.
http://dicksbymail.com/
Or, in law-speak, raging jerks are not a discrete and insular minority. They do not have a history of discrimination or political powerlessness against them, since they typically run the country. Being a jerk *is* an immutable characteristic, but that alone doesn't serve to create a protected class.
(Ha, this would be the analysis for constitutional equal protection purposes, like if bakers were to say that an anti-discrimination law violated their constitutional rights. Granted, religious protections are actually statutory in the Civil Rights Act. But being a jerk and being religious aren't actually the same thing :P)
Imma stealin' that one...
Eventually they are going to figure out that Jesus was a Greek, and the point will be moot.
You can't be a true jerb creator unless you fell out of the right womb into a huge pile of money.
The entire "Gays are recruiting children!" meme is based on their own ruthless indoctrination of kids to be "Christians".
Ah yes, the real American Dream. I'm still pissed at my parents for falling short.
Votes to put, at long last, Edgar Martinez into the Hall of Fame, where he belongs!
There's still a bit of confusion about that "King of the Jews" thing.
well the pizza joint made out big time from the haters - why not people who won't hate - send cash fast
Aww damn, I was hoping he was that guy what threw footwear at W, back before he converted.
Any risk of confusion will be settled by the amendment to the new law, which will make gay people easier to identify, by asking them in a polite, Christian way, to please always wear a pink triangle on their lapel. Or a yellow star. Either will work.