"Would the same principle require me to make a cake praising neo-Nazis"
No comparison - one is dedicated to promoting hate - the other to equality.
What if the bakery decided to refuse to accept the order of a black person on principle, or, considering where it is, a Catholic - should they be allowed to do so on the basis of their conscience?
In a couple of days time we will be voting in a referendum to decide whether to put gays on an equal footing with re#he rest of us regarding marriage - and in line with the rest of the people of these islands (other than the British bit of Ireland, which still remains in the last century) - it is of no surprise that the church here is now pulling out the stops to prevent that happening - the last twitches of a dying dinosaur, hopefully.
It's a sobering thought that homosexuality wasn't decriminalised here until 1993 - 22 years ago - time for Ireland to move on.
As the Irish times puts it -
"The answer is simple. Equality is an absolute, not a parcelling out of progress by the powerful. To suggest that civil partnership is enough for gay people is to say: "Thus far and no further." It is to set limits and boundaries on one group in society – a minority – based on what may be comfortable for another group within society. That's not how equality works."
Jim Carroll