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Originally Posted by Guest
Evil? To expect a business to follow the law? And to pay the consequences if they don't? It is illegal in Oregon to deny service to someone because of their sexual preferences. If you don't want to sell cakes to everyone - don't go into the cake selling business. Why in the world would you expect the customers to go to a different baker?
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I have many mixed emotions on this. First, please note that this thread has seriously strayed from Trumps comments to another gay rights topic.
To this specific post.
1. I said with all the police shootings and subsequent riots that occurred, obeying the law would have kept this from happening. I think the penalty paid is severe and is another case of activist movement. But the law is the law.
To me, the activist involvement in both the Trump situation and the wedding cake situation are the thing that troubles me.
Allowing our existing laws to just work normally would resolve both.
Had the gay couple filed a complaint they would have won, and a fine would need to be payed, BUT the vandalism and subsequent ruination of the business would be averted. That damage done by political activists.
The Trump thing to me is the same. All those companies "cutting ties" did so under extreme extreme pressure from activists groups. If he said it, and no activists, he would pay the price politically.
I said this in another thread that these political activists now control it all. Our government is not about governing but dealing with social issues that promise voting blocs.