Colorado Finds In Favor Of Bakery That Wouldn't Decorate Anti-Gay Cake

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM/AP

The Colorado Civil Rights Division on Friday ruled that the Denver bakery that refused to decorate cake with anti-gay slurs did not discriminate against the customer's religion, according to the Associated Press.

Colorado resident Bill Jack filed a discrimination complaint in January against Azucar Bakery after the owner, Marjorie Silva (pictured above), refused to write anti-gay messages, such as "God hates gays," on a cake. She offered to bake Jack a cake with a Bible on it and provide the materials for him to write the phrases himself, but would not write the messages herself.

In his complaint, Jack claimed Silva discriminated against him "based on my creed."

Colorado Civil Rights Division argued in its Friday ruling that Silva did not discriminate against Jack because she offered to bake the cake, and only refused to write the messages by which she was offended. Jack is the founder of the Worldview Academy, a camp that teaches "Christians to think and live in accord with a biblical worldview."

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[mountain grammy]

1. What a waste of time and energy for this whiny piece of shit.

[Quantess]

2. "I'M SO OPPRESSED!!!"

You know that's what this jackass is saying right now.

[vkkv]

3. There's no doubt that this wacko votes TeaPublican.

[Corey_Baker08]

4. Last Night's Episode Of 'The Good Wife' Had This Debate As A Premise For The Show...

And the character who plays Diane Lockhart was defending the person discriminated against and in doing so brought up some very good points for a case identical to this...

[ananda]

10. Yes, that was a good show.

What Diane did was brilliant. By that I mean that she understood
conservative tribalism.

Conservatives are very tribal. They love and care about their own,
but somehow develop phobia and hate toward the "other."

If you make their hate personal, as Diane did by having Dipple's
gay nephew speak, then sometimes they can see things
differently as Dipple did.

[Chakaconcarne]

5. Prepare for the next shit storm at Fox News....

The Liberals are at war with Christians..

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

6. If I could wish this POS off the face of the earth, we wouldn't be talking about him anymore!

[Vinca]

7. So I wonder how much loot the right will send this guy. Hate seems to pay pretty well.

[cynzke]

8. Fifty Years Out

From the Civil Rights Movement and people don't understand what constitutes discrimination. A baker has to provide a cake, but is free in the artistic delivery of it. No one can dictate what to put on it. A restaurant can not refuse to seat and serve you as per the list of protected classes (some states exclude LGBT's). YOU however have no right to dictate the menu. Civil right laws at federal, state and local levels cover areas of employment, housing and public accommodation. People need to check with their state for details. There are people who think this is something new and that up to now, they were totally free to decided who they can discriminate against.

[christx30]

14. What if those Christian bakers said,

"I'll bake you the cake, but you get to decorate it yourself."? Would the gay couple accept that?

[Dont call me Shirley]

16. What if you were the bakers child named Johnny and a person wanted a cake decorated with

"I hate Johnny", would your parents have to be obligated to decorate their cake?

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Excellent decision.

[PatrynXX]

11. ie not really Christian

God might hate gays but Jesus Loves everyone. wait whats Jesus' last name again? and why are you called Christian. smh

[wordpix]

12. Ms. Silva, thank you for holding the line against hatemongers

[Buzz Clik]

13. The knuckledraggers will never get it.

They seem to think their hatred and bigotry should be sanctioned.

[Jester Messiah]

15. In a world containing Iran, ISIS, Boko Haram, Measles, poverty...

The "world's mightiest nation" is spending its mental energy contemplating fucking bible cakes. I have never been more embarrassed for this country in my life, even under W.

[niyad]

17. it occurs to me that bakers might just go ahead and bake the cakes, and lace them with

ex-lax or some such.

[BrotherIvan]

18. What religion is founded on "God hates gays"?

That is an opinion, not a tenent of a religion. How was anything but his own bigotry being persecuted?