"The poor bakers"
Six bakeries - 60 employees - Christian fundamentalists stepped in
"The two statements would be incompatible!"
Why - if Gay marriage is a welcome move in Southern Ireland certainly enough to make you strut, why is it acceptable for it to remain outlawed in this particular part of Britain?
"It has not been shown at all."
Yes it has - the fundamentalists are bankrolling it as part of their campaign to keep their particular brand of Christianity a feature of everyday life (along with opposing divorce) - a test case - "all the way to Europe, if necessary".
"A recognised gay activist chose a baker he knew would not write the slogan."
Not true in any aspect - the there is no suggestion that the customer chose the bakery - that is pure invention on your part, he didn't know they would refuse, in fact they accepted the order and then changed their minds.
"He could easily have chosen a different baker, as he did later."
As has been pointed out - he had no way of knowing that he would be refused - it was part of a chain of 6 bakeries - there is no evidence that they were in the habit of refusing such requests - pure invention on your part.
"He was setting them up."
No he wasn't - he was ordering a cake for a private party- there has never been a suggestion of otherwise (except by the 'Christians' here)
"No-one else offered any."
They didn't need to - these are the owners of 6 Bakeries hardly breadline cases (pun intended).
If they could't afford to go to court, they really didn't have to
You now appear to be making it up as you go along.
This is now a case of Christian fundamentalism gone mad on a subject that is done and dusted throughout these Islands (except British Ireland) being defended by people who claim to support Gay marriage - Alice in Wonderland writ large!!
If you have any proof of your claims feel free to put it up
I wait with interest to lear of the widespread harassment of Bakeries
Jim Carroll