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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 17918" data-attributes="member: 8">No-one should be allowed to discriminate anyone, and that&#039;s why we have the anti-discrimination law. I never contested that. But I was confused by your &quot;they shouldn&#039;t be in business&quot; comment. Because should/shouldn&#039;t is an optional situation. Illegal practice is not.But I think we&#039;ve sorted that part of the discussion.I disagree. Refusing to fulfil a certain order and refusing to service a specific customer altogether are two different things. That customer would still be able to buy/order, just not that particular product.What would you do if someone asked for a cake with a Nazi cross topping, or the face of Hitler, or &quot;God does not exist&quot; or &quot;I don&#039;t support gay marriage&quot;?I would refuse to make these cakes but I wouldn&#039;t refuse to sell them any of the other cakes. Therefore I&#039;m not discriminating the customer.There&#039;s no such thing as irriational belief. The whole point of believing is that you believe something without having or wanting proof.It may result in irrational practice, like this cake-drama.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 17918, member: 8"] No-one should be allowed to discriminate anyone, and that's why we have the anti-discrimination law. I never contested that. But I was confused by your "they [I]shouldn't[/I] be in business" comment. Because should/shouldn't is an optional situation. Illegal practice is not. But I think we've sorted that part of the discussion. I disagree. Refusing to fulfil a [I]certain order[/I] and refusing to service a specific customer altogether are two different things. That customer would still be able to buy/order, just not [I]that[/I] particular product. What would you do if someone asked for a cake with a Nazi cross topping, or the face of Hitler, or "God does not exist" or "I don't support gay marriage"? I would refuse to make [I]these[/I] cakes but I wouldn't refuse to sell them any of the other cakes. Therefore I'm not discriminating the customer. There's no such thing as irriational belief. The whole point of believing is that you believe something without having or wanting proof. It may result in irrational practice, like this cake-drama. [/QUOTE]

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