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If they don't pay soon, at the very least, they face having a lien put on their property; at worst, they could lose their business license. And regardless how it turns out, they will go through hell in the legal process. And it will be worse for others who attempt to follow their lead. Despite what the Kleins' go through, they are at least raking in donations. The more people try a stunt like this, the smaller the donations will be.Tell that to the Kleins'.Because it's bullshit ... they violate their religious beliefs all the time. Any wedding cakes they've ever sold to any non-Christian couple, violated their religious beliefs. Obviously, they used their religion to shield their bigotry against homosexuals.Okay, here's the first lesson, Daniel-san. You don't get to play victim when you've created your own problem.
Here's a list of things the Kleins could have done.
1) They could have baked the fucking cake.
2) They could have come up with some other excuse for not baking the cake that didn't involve hurling homophobic epitaths at their customer.
3) They could have refrained from orchestrating a hate campaign against this couple on social media.
4) They could have gotten out of the Wedding Cake Business altogether once it was clear that gay marriage was legal.
In short, they put themselves in the position they are in. NO one put them in it.
Yes they could bowed to public pressure and violated their religious beliefs. We already know they could have done that, under the gun of public demand.
Like blaming a woman for rape. Should have just agreed to have sex. It's her fault for not just doing what she was told.
Lying is also not an option. That defeats the entire purpose. The point is to follow their religious views.
Nor should they need to come up with lies to practice their faith, in a country supposedly founded on religious freedom.
Yeah, they could have left the cake business... that's your version of religious freedom eh? You have the freedom to leave whenever we decide to violate your freedom?
In short, you came up with a dozen rationalizations to violate these people's religious freedom, and blame them for it.
Thanks, but you are dismissed.
Not your call, thought cop.
The Kleins haven't paid a cent so far and their business continues.