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<blockquote data-quote="Alexis" data-source="post: 17965" data-attributes="member: 68">The point of it is religion isn&#039;t above the law. There are so many religions and they all have different and sometimes strange view points. If we let religion be above the law people could just do as they please and use religion as an excuse. Which is what the owners of Ashers did. They are bigots and they used religion as a screen for their bigotry. They judged a gay couple (and basically all gays) and they found them to be wrong -sinful, to be somehow unworthy of services. There is no end to that, anyone who isn&#039;t the same religion as them can potentially be refused service. As they would worship a different God to them, so that would be blasphemous. Where does that end? Can they refuse to make a cake celebrating a Jewish wedding anniversary? That could be contradictory to their own very personal beliefs. Would they deem a happy divorce cake to be suitable? The bible says that divorce is wrong and sinful? How about a Scientology cake? Or one to mark the final transition of a transsexual?They do not have the right to discriminate! That is what they did and the law found them to be at fault. TWICE.It&#039;s a cake. A perishable item! It has a very limited shelf life and is going to be consumed in a matter of days. Do the owners of Ashers think God would be affronted by a cake? They take the bible very seriously, but where in the bible does it say that that God isn&#039;t in support of gay marriage? God remains as usual, rather tight lipped on the subject.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Alexis, post: 17965, member: 68"] The point of it is religion isn't above the law. There are so many religions and they all have different and sometimes strange view points. If we let religion be above the law people could just do as they please and use religion as an excuse. Which is what the owners of Ashers did. They are bigots and they used religion as a screen for their bigotry. They judged a gay couple (and basically all gays) and they found them to be wrong -sinful, to be somehow unworthy of services. There is no end to that, anyone who isn't the same religion as them can potentially be refused service. As they would worship a different God to them, so that would be blasphemous. Where does that end? Can they refuse to make a cake celebrating a Jewish wedding anniversary? That could be contradictory to their own [I]very[/I] personal beliefs. Would they deem a happy divorce cake to be suitable? The bible says that divorce is wrong and sinful? How about a Scientology cake? Or one to mark the final transition of a transsexual? They do not have the right to discriminate! That is what they did and the law found them to be at fault. TWICE. It's a cake. A perishable item! It has a very limited shelf life and is going to be consumed in a matter of days. Do the owners of Ashers think God would be affronted by a cake? They take the bible very seriously, but where in the bible does it say that that God isn't in support of gay marriage? God remains as usual, rather tight lipped on the subject. [/QUOTE]

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