06-27-2018, 04:05 PM
(06-27-2018, 03:41 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Take out the word "Westboro" and the baker could not refuse service.
He can refuse to provide service specifically to Westboro because they incite violence against homosexuals. That is different than just basic "religious beliefs".
No they don't. Yes, they say inflammatory things, but they don't call for people to be violent to them. And the fact is that Westboro is a church. (Personally, I wish they wouldn't call themselves that as their message is about as far from Godly as one can get, but they're still a church.) And they say there hateful things becaus eof their religion. Ergo, refusing service to the church would be refusing service based on religion. And if the Christian baker must serve gays, then the gay baker must serve the Westboro Baptist fools.
(For the record, I don't think the Christian should be FORCED to serve gays, but, as a Christian, I think he should).