Would you get the point if the cake just said "marriage is only between men and women" instead of "god hates fags"? 

You know what the ultimate irony is? The one thing that totally kills me?

I'm not very religious so correct me if I'm wrong but isn't religion about love, tolerance and not judging lest ye be judged?

Didn't Jesus speak of loving thy neighbor and all that stuff? Isn't religion about finding a God of love and everybody is happy till the end of times and what not?

Isn't God the ONLY ONE that is supposed to judge men?

Funny cause I'm not religious but it seems to me that people like that baker are even less religious than me, as in he's totally doing the opposite of what his religion is supposed to be about.

People find religions to justify their hate. How do I not drop dead right on the spot when I see such a huge contradiction? Such a blatant irony...

You are indeed incorrect about your assumption about theology and the law. You can start reading the NT (all of it) if you want to understand religion.

It doesn't matter because either way is a false equivalence.

One (the matter at hand) is speaking about not providing a generic service to a specific customer.

The other (your hypothetical) is speaking about not providing a specific service to a generic customer.

The first is not providing services because of 'who' is requesting them (which is discriminatory), while the second is not providing a specific service no matter who is requesting them. No one would complain if a plumber refused to provide someone with a wedding cake because that is not a service they provide to anyone. On the other hand, if a plumber refused to fix your toilet because you were Muslim, that would be an issue of discrimination...

I think the problem here is not that this guy has the right to choose how to run his business and will reap the results.  The problem is that the Supreme Court set a precedence for future actions in the country.  So now, any business has the right to do the same with their services.  Suddenly, it becomes trendy to refuse services to a minority.  They still make money, even moreso because they were in the news and have the backing of those also against the minority.  Then those ideas start to strengthen as the majority cannot fully relate to the minority and superiority is a very addictive quality to humans.  If you cannot be a success in life, at least you can be better than this one group of people.

These are the seeds that can blossom into a widespread and common distaste for that particular minority which can eventually escalate to mass actions such as camps or forced migration.  Not long and we have a culture obsessed with a task that doesn't benefit anyone and anything but their own egos.

It shouldn't be up to companies and citizens to protect the rights of minorities and stand up for them.  It should be the job of the nation's leadership to protect every citizen.

I'm concerned with the legal precedent being set here.

You could literally have communities that don't serve specific sexualities or races.

It's comparable. Someone holds a belief/way of life you disagree with wants you to use your talents to make something that endorses what you disagree with them particularly on. 

No I don't think I am, unless you care to elaborate a little further than simply saying I'm incorrect.

Does not the bible say judge not lest ye be judged? Love thy neighbor and all that stuff? I think it does, or did my religion teachers lie to me when I was a kid?

No I don't think I am, unless you care to elaborate a little further than simply saying I'm incorrect.

Does not the bible say judge not lest ye be judged? Love thy neighbor and all that stuff? I think it does, or did my religion teachers lie to me when I was a kid?

Both instances of being forced to do something you dont want to do. How different or severe thouse acts are is irrelevant.

It would definitely be much less aggressive.

But the fact still remains the customer paid the baker to write "Steve loves and marries Robert" or whatever their names are, not "marriage is only between men  and women" If the customer needs the bakers opinion on the cake, I'm sure he's totally capable of asking for it. Also the baker's opinion only applies to the baker. No one is forcing the baker to marry another man, he can marry a woman that's fine and even great. But that does not give him the right to be judgemental on others people's lives wouldn't you say?

Also like I said in my previous post. Why isn't the baker ACTUALLY following his religion? The bible says judge not lest ye be judged, right? and Love thy neighbor and only God judges men etc.