Mortdooley wrote on Dec 6
th, 2017 at 2:19am:
So many of you have gone so far down the road to Bizarro world that you can't see that a business owner once had Rights too. The fair thing is that the Baker in this case loses a sale. Forcing him to perform services he won't do otherwise is a form of Slavery. "We reserve the Right to refuse service to anyone" was once recognized as the owners freedom of choice. Now a pair of rump rangers and the courts of Colorado will probably force an honest business man to lose his livelihood.
It still IS the "owners freedom of choice" - and will continue to BE so
Just as the civil celebrant - as a private enterprise service provider - holds the same right
Registry office - government employed - celebrants, must ALWAYS apply the law of the land - without fear or favour - or find another job
The "houses of god" have ALWAYS held a legal right to say who they will and who they won't marry
All of this "slippery slope" fabrication was a creation of the "NO" argument leading up to the recent ABS opinion poll
And all based on tales from a f*cked up American legal system
NOTHING here related to Australian law
For myself - I won't be seeking any blessing from religious organisations who've been flinging hatred at me, all my life
Nor will I be looking to give hundreds of any homophobic bigot for a wedding cake