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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alright, so this bakery was against providing a product that would be used at the reception to celebrate something that was against the bakery owner's Christian beliefs. I don't really understand that, but I can sort of see why the owner might feel reluctant to do so. Maybe. Did the bakery also refuse to provide cakes for weddings of other non-Christian couples, or for events celebrating the milestones of other religions, or for atheists? If so, it seems like a principled religious stance that I dislike and find objectionable but can respect. Otherwise, it seems like arbitrary anti-gay discrimination to me, and that is not something I can support. I have serious problems with this law due to how it seems like it could be used.[/quote]

It is not a true or legitimate Christian religious belief.  Christ did not teach bigotry and homophobia, Christ did not teach treating others differently.

This is what Christ taught:

[quote]Do to others what you want them to do to you. This is the meaning of the law of Moses and the teaching of the prophets.[/quote]  Matthew 7:12

[quote]Do to others what you would want them to do to you.[/quote]  Luke 6:31

And this is also echoed in the teachings of the earliest Christian church, i.e.

[quote]For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself [/quote] Galatians 5:14

Treating others as you would have them treat you means you DO NOT treat them differently because of their race, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, creed, et cetera.   Those who refuse service to people because of these things cannot claim to be Christians because they have discarded some of the most central teachings of Christ.[/quote]

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