Well, if you can believe the Internet (and who doesn't?) this has blown up into a World War of Cakes. Google bakery gay marriage for the sordid details. I applaud and support the Colorado bakery that was under investigation for refusing to make anti-gay cakes with "God Hates Gays" and similar slogans. The Colorado bakery was accused of discriminating against a customer's Christianity, but the Colorado Civil Rights Commission rejected the complaint. I read the Northern Ireland Court Judgment cited above, but I still don't quite believe it. While the act of refusing to design a cake doesn't seem to me to be discrimination, the defendants' pseudo-religious blatherings in the court file make it clear that they are bigoted against gays.

Whatever the case, this matter has caused widespread harassment of bakeries, on both sides of the issue. I hope the judge in Northern Ireland is satisfied that justice has been protected.

-Joe-