More on Baking Cakes

[Gregory Matthews]

In 2014 a customer asked Marjorie Silva, the owner of the Azucar Bakery, in Denver, to bake a  cake with an anti-gay message on it.  She refused.  She informed the customer that she would bake the cake, but he would have to write the message on it himself.  A discrimination complaint was filed with the Colorado Civil Rights Division.

In June (2015) a male customer asked a local Wal-Marat, in Louisiana, to bake a cake and place an image of the Confederate and the phrase "Heritage Not Hate," on the cake.  Wal-Mart refused.  The customer than requested a cake with an image of the Islamic State flag.  Wal-Mart provided it.  In a public announcement Wal-Mart has apologized and stated that their employee did not understand the meaning of the ISS Flag.

NOTE:  The legal issues related to the Louisiana case differs from the legal issues related to the Oregon bakery that was fined $135,000 for refusing to bake a cake for same-sex wedding.

 

Edited August 3, 2015 by Gregory Matthews

[Gregory Matthews]

My source of information for the Denver case came from a  current media report.  It appears that the report I read was not current.  For more information on the Denver case see:

It is always good to check things out.

 

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/denvers-azucar-bakery-wins-right-to-refuse-to-make-anti-gay-cake

[Gregory Matthews]

For more on the Wal-Mart case, see Snopes below:

http://m.snopes.com/2015/06/29/walmart-isis-cake/

 

 

[Outta Here]

Aw! I thought this was a thread on baking cakes...I fell for the hook. 

I can think of no more appropriate time to say, The cake is a lie !