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		defen on May 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump threatens to 'close' down social media platf... It's a fact, not disputed by either party, that he offered to sell them a generic cake or one with a different message. So it's not true that he denied them service "because" they were gay. Thought experiment: Imagine an individual woman went into the store and said to him "My son is marrying his boyfriend this weekend. Can you make a custom cake for them?" The baker says no. Should that be illegal? Thought experiment #2: Imagine an alt-right troll goes into a Jewish bakery and asks for a cake that says "Jesus is Lord". The baker says no. Should that be illegal?

mullingitover on May 29, 2020 [–]

> So it's not true that he denied them service "because" they were gay.

So it's cool to discriminate if you offer something that's separate but equal?

defen on May 29, 2020 | [–]

Sorry, I don't think this is a good-faith reply. Would you consider answering my thought experiment questions?

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