What is it about posts south of the line? The most seem to degenerate into slagging matches where people stop listening to each other and start hysterical screaming. The Judgement is available in a link to an earlier posting in this thread and it deserves a careful and considered examination. I have read it again very thoroughly and reiterate my previous conclusions. The Judge stated that the specific legislation under which the prosecution was taken holds that irrespective of ones religious beliefs, it is unlawful for a company that supplies services to the public to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation. The bakery initially accepted the order and took the customers money, but at a later time refused to supply the goods because the owner of the bakery were opposed to gay marriage. If the required message on the cake was to have been in support of heterosexual marriage then the company would have supplied the goods. Therefore the customer was discriminated against on the basis that he supported gay marriage. It's that simple folks, so please stop getting all het up about it. Peace and love to all. Fergie
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