What scares the f*ck out of you?

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

To me it comes down to a question of "type of business" vs. "type of customer."
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Or in the case of wedding cakes, you can say, "I don't put two brides or two grooms on top of my cakes,"
but you can't say "I won't bake you a cake identical to other cakes I have baked for other customers."

Clod, I do agree with your arguments , but then came your last example...

Had you said "We are a cake business. We don't do pies" = OK

But for wedding cake businesses, traditionally, their customers
want and have had a say in how their cakes are decorated.

So now it's back on shaky ground.
Is 1 ornament OK, but 2 ornaments of one kind or another are not ?
What is the argument ?

The situation seems closer to the owner saying "No" to these specific customers ...
because of what the owner believes these customers are going to do in the future ?
e.g, is the "religious freedom" issue that the customers are going to sin ?
or, who the customers appear to be in the eyes of the owner ?
How does that then differ from discrimination against any ethic group?

It seems (to me) the "wedding cake", "photographer", etc. situations are
only contrivances to divert attention away from "what" the business does....
It engages in commerce to serve the public.