LittleNipper
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So, children are allowed to frequent bars? Isn't that discrimination? Churches benefit from public roads, sidewalk, etc... Christian photographers are required to attend the ritual and the party unless they turn the couple in question down.The right of the individual to associate with who they want to can only be taken away with a compelling government interest, more so if there is a religious component. Furthermore, the chruch/state "wall" you people blather on about works both ways, giving even more of a burden to the government to prove a compelling interest.
Melissa's isn't a church. It's a business institution.
And if she wasn't turning away Brides who wore pants, had braids, wore jewelry, had tattoos, weren't virgins or any of the other 300 examples of biblical misogyny, then she was using religion as an excuse, not as a reason, for their bigotry.
Freedom of Religion isn't limited to Churches or Clergy.
And you don't get to decide how a person follows their faith, and government sure as hell doesn't either.
But you can't run a business that caters to public accommodations (food) and discriminate.
Their store benefits from public roads, sidewalks, a business district, parking, police (property protection).
#1 no one is forcing them to acknowledge the wedding, attend the wedding or other wise bless the wedding.
#2 they are hired to provide food to a catered event. Flour, Sugar, eggs, etc. Bake and STFU .....
#3 they are running a for-profit bakery - to do so, they agreed to follow state and federal laws concerning their type of business. This was a choice.