On 03-06-14, EARL CROASMUN said to TIM RICHARDSON:

> But this baker is being pilloried because he will not sign onto the wedding


EC>Again, baking a cake does not involve signing onto the wedding.


Yes it does. And if it doesn't, then no prosecutor can ever bring someone into
court for furnishing the car used in a bank robbery. No citizen can ever again
be prosecuted for furnishing the gun that is used to murder someone.


By claiming that this baker *isn't signing on to a sodomite wedding by baking
and selling the cake he KNOWS is for a sodomite wedding, at the same time this
goes for other interpretations of such situations as well. No prosecutor can
ever go into court and claim any defendant *KNOWINGLY* furnished a weapon or
vehicle involved in a crime.


The defense then becomes ...`yeah but...he didn't "...sign on to it", yer
honor!"


EC>He would not be endorsing it.


A person who lends someone a car to do a bank robbery isn't `endorsing it'
either, right?


EC>He would not be giving it his blessing.


A person who lends someone a gun to shoot someone else isn't `giving their
blessing' to a murder, right?


EC>He does not have the power to force the wedding, nor to prevent it.


He isn't trying to do either one. He's simply refusing to be any party to it.


>> "Conscientious objector" status has some relevance to the military, but
>> not to photography.  The wedding can happen with or without a
>> photographer.


> It can happen with or without a wedding cake, also.


EC>Exactly.


Ah...then you AGREE that the cake really has no bearing on whether or not the
wedding itself occurs?


So then, if thats true....why don't they just go to a different bakery? Why
take THIS one to court? If they're so `in love', and want to badly to be
`married', one would think they'd want their `wedding' to be remembered as a
joyous occasion, and not a nasty court battle over the fucking cake!


Just go to a different bakery! Problem solved! Why make a court case out of
it?


And THAT speaks of there being a lot more to this than we're seeing right now.


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