Are you kidding me?

I am very pro LGBTQ rights, but I agree that a private business should cater to whomever it pleases.

^Certainly true, but when they get boycotted leave us alone.

And what exactly will SCOTUS do Clubber?

“^Certainly true, but when they get boycotted leave us alone.”

Also true. I wish right wingers valued the free market more.

It's clear they just hate this guy for being Christian and having his beliefs and not cow towing to the LGBTQ mob.

What he should do is say I can make this cake, but the price is $5 Million paid in full, as its a very specific cake no one has ever heard of (a trans cake, GTFO).

^ I think you mean left wingers.

In theory and in most cases, I agree that if the market doesn't like a business's practices, they can always give their business to someone else.

The government gets its hands in too many things to make the playing field "fair". That's BS. If a business provides better value, it will eventually earn the rational consumer's business.

this is all beyond my skill level.

I doubt that this baker really gives a shit one way or another about LBGTQ rights my bet is he’s looking for some free publicity and obviously getting it.

I think you got that backward about who wants the publicity.

I also feel that you should be free of government interference, in your ability to practice, and as an American you have the right to whatever beliefs you want, but this country has become full of intolerant assholes in both sides of the political spectrum, who confuse their right to their beliefs with their inane thinking that if some disagree, we will shut them down, seems to me that is the prevalent philosophy lately.

I agree the government should stay out of peoples business, that seems to be the real issue.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.eater.com/platform/amp/2018/8/15/17694642/masterpiece-cakeshop-colorado-lawsuit-discrimination

@ime the current thinking is any publicity is good positive or negative, if it nets the person a profit. Who knows maybe he’s making a fortune selling to the anti’s.

I also disagree with organized boycotts and picketing. Let individuals decide on their own based on info available without coercion.

“^ I think you mean left wingers.”

Yes, but the left wingers don’t pretend to care as much about free markets as the right does. I would mock left wingers for pretending to hate pointless wars :p

“this is all beyond my skill level.”

Ignoring it all and running off to TJ is probably the smartest thing to do :p

^Im boycotting your assisted living facility because the aides are ugly.

^Aww, such a good friend.

They give good BJs though.

@25 seems like he has plenty of people wanting his cakes i dont think he is trying to drum up business. Why would you want a cake from him anyway if you know its not something he wants to make? Why support his business ehen there are probably tons of other cake makers glad to make you a tranny cake.

^You do mean gum jobs right

@ime Nobody would even know he exists if he wasn’t such a publicity hound.

Agree to disagree I guess.

Fine by me but reading the article, says he’s getting orders for cakes from as far away as Maine and Georgia, how in the hell would they know about a bakery in Colorado without the publicity.

I’m guessing people are ordering cakes from him just to cause controversy. Others are ordering solely because they support his cause/opinion/value.

Clearly some retarded Colorado liberals want to continue to harass this poor soul as part of the liberal war on Christians. Of course, the liberal establishment is butthurt over the SCOTUS ruling. So they will continue to allow and entertain as many frivolous and harassing claims against these bakers as brain dead liberals can file.

Ime had the right idea if pricing the cake to include the cost of court fees and lawyers' bills.

How is it any different from a resturant refusing to serve Republicans? Policital affiliation is a choice just like how some people choose to not identify with their gender.

The bigger question is why would someone want them to bake a cake for a transgender, are they the only fucking bakery in the state? No, it was done to either force them to comply, or with a hope they wouldn't so they could bring about another lawsuit.

^ but there would be no court costs or lawyer fees if he agreed to bake them a cake.

Ya that BS. They're worst than JW's knocking at my door every weekend.

Trying to force their gay agenda. That's not cool.

People are ordering cakes from him as a way of saying fuck you to progressives who love boycotting anyone who fails to agree with their political beliefs.

^ Wait, I thought progressives were the tolerant ones.

;-)

Which reminds me...

Why did they stop calling themselves liberals and change to progressives?

Flagooner you’re forgetting about the socialists too. Give them some love.

Too many parties, too many genders.

Cluibber --- I'm trying to figure out if you were referring to Masterpiece Baker or the Colorado government with the SCOTUS decision?

Liberals, progressives, socialists, communists are all one and the same and with focus on killing indendent thought and strangling individual achievement with the unwavering intent of destroying the United States of America. They cannot tolerate a baker that stands his ground on the conviction of his moral beliefs. They are entirely intolerant of dissenting opinion.

Now this is what I come to TUSCL for. Political discussions. Damn I missed them.

^This ain’t no political discussion this is a bunch of morons complaining about another bunch of morons, no discussion here.

Progressives hate it when you remind them that they are just pussy liberals, just as socialists hate it when you out them as dirty communists. All one and the same, and barely worth the powder to put them in the ground.

^ Biggest bigot on TUSCL , why’d you come back called someone a porch monkey and got kicked out of your kumbaya group.