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 Message 109 
 Earl Croasmun to Tim Richardson 
 Arizona discrimination 
 04 Mar 14 23:03:46 
 
>> Depends on the situation.  Let's say that you are driving across country
>> on business.  You are getting hungry.  Every restaurant that you stop at,
>> refuses to serve you.  You start getting tired.  Every hotel you stop at,
>> refuses to serve you.  Yeah, I think that in some cases you would want
>> them to do business with you.

> For many decades now, it has been the right of a business owner to refuse
> service to anyone.

Not under the law.

> As a Christian, the baker in this particular instance is holding to their
> Christian faith, and the teachings of the Christian bible.

I don;'t believe that there are any cake-related commandments in the bible.

> Homosexuality is not only an unnatural physical activity, it is against all
> Christian doctrine. It is against Christian scripture.

I realize that you believe that to be true, but it is irrelevant to the bakery
issue. If a baker refuses to sell a cake to a gay couple, I really doubt that
that would have the result of turning them straight.  Baking a cake does not
make one a party to an alleged sin.



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