SCOTUS Rules About Colorodo Baker

[Dill]

(06-06-2018, 11:04 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: Theoretically possible if gay couples were a significant portion of the wedding cake buyer market. I think it is safe to assume that they are not as most estimates put the LGBT population ib the U.S. as less than 10% of the population. The owner's have probably done the simple math and assumed that a loss of up to 10% of their business is acceptable to them, thus making it acceptable to target a minority of the population. It is the same math historically used to target other groups at different times, such as blacks, Latinos, Irish, Italians, etc. Hence, I don't think capitalism really gets the job done in changing this type of behavior.

The other side of "capitalsim" in this case might be that more people from the 90% decide to support the baker, as happened with Chick-fil-a.

Capitalism never sorted out segregated lunch counters. Owners were happy to lose black business when they knew it would cost them more white business.  Seems like capitalism depends a whole lot on the temper of business clientele in a given time and place.  In NYC the baker's move would have likely killed his business; it might have helped it in Utah or Alabama.