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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 17718" data-attributes="member: 8">So, their action was illegal because they broke the law. It wasn&#039;t illegal because you or I or anyone else thought it was ridiculous.But even if it was only a matter of doing something ridiculous (rather than illegal), I still think that people have the freedom to be stupid and sabotage their own business.Serving the public is one thing, serving the public successfully is something else.I don&#039;t think they think that their belief is irrational, and it&#039;s hard to prove. And their belief isn&#039;t illegal, only the fact that they denied service.I suppose a valid reason would be if a customer is likely to cause harm to them, other customers or their business, or if there&#039;s reason to assume that the customer won&#039;t be able to pay for the service.Of course it&#039;s the seller&#039;s decision what he sells (or bakes). To use my own example, I can&#039;t deny service to atheists (not that I would do that, but it&#039;s just an example) but I can refuse to make an Atheist Wedding Cake.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 17718, member: 8"] So, their action was illegal because they broke the law. It wasn't illegal because you or I or anyone else thought it was ridiculous. But even if it was only a matter of doing something ridiculous (rather than illegal), I still think that people have the freedom to be stupid and sabotage their own business. Serving the public is one thing, serving the public successfully is something else. I don't think [I]they[/I] think that their belief is irrational, and it's hard to prove. And their belief isn't illegal, only the fact that they denied service. I suppose a valid reason would be if a customer is likely to cause harm to them, other customers or their business, or if there's reason to assume that the customer won't be able to pay for the service. Of course it's the seller's decision [I]what[/I] he sells (or bakes). To use my own example, I can't deny service to atheists (not that I would do that, but it's just an example) but I [I]can[/I] refuse to make an Atheist Wedding Cake. [/QUOTE]

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