An Unintended Consequence
Driving around on Thursday listening to the coverage of Supreme Court rulings on the radio I was struck by something I never thought would have been possible.
A wedding cake baker was being sued for refusing to bake a cake for a same sex couple based on religious beliefs. I'm not sure if it was the two men(or women) on the top of the cake, or the image of the couple giving each other a little bit of cake at the reception that sent the baker around the bend or something much bigger.
I'm so jaded these days that I figured that capitalist nature of society these days would view this as a new market and a new opportunity to make a buck. Listening to one cake baker being so upset about being asked to bake a cake to celebrate a wedding he does not have to attend and getting in a legal situation because of his beliefs is dumbfounding to me.
There are other options and other vendors willing to provide this service. Or at least you would think so. In small rural areas this might be a problem or maybe your tribe/family might view you as an outcast, making the wedding cake the least of your problems. Flowers, a hall for the reception, tuxedo rentals... you get the idea. No wonder folks look for a place that is more tolerant like Vermont, New York California and several other states that have voted to allow same sex marriages.
And so it goes. The Supreme Court took a first step in calling DOMA unconstitutional. I'm not thrilled by the fact that something as fundamental as standing on the side of love is not the law of the land for all fifty states and that voting rights have defaulted back to the states, where games can be played and there can be serious political consequences if you don't have a picture ID, regardless of your voting history and connection to the community.
A wedding cake baker was being sued for refusing to bake a cake for a same sex couple based on religious beliefs. I'm not sure if it was the two men(or women) on the top of the cake, or the image of the couple giving each other a little bit of cake at the reception that sent the baker around the bend or something much bigger.
I'm so jaded these days that I figured that capitalist nature of society these days would view this as a new market and a new opportunity to make a buck. Listening to one cake baker being so upset about being asked to bake a cake to celebrate a wedding he does not have to attend and getting in a legal situation because of his beliefs is dumbfounding to me.
There are other options and other vendors willing to provide this service. Or at least you would think so. In small rural areas this might be a problem or maybe your tribe/family might view you as an outcast, making the wedding cake the least of your problems. Flowers, a hall for the reception, tuxedo rentals... you get the idea. No wonder folks look for a place that is more tolerant like Vermont, New York California and several other states that have voted to allow same sex marriages.
And so it goes. The Supreme Court took a first step in calling DOMA unconstitutional. I'm not thrilled by the fact that something as fundamental as standing on the side of love is not the law of the land for all fifty states and that voting rights have defaulted back to the states, where games can be played and there can be serious political consequences if you don't have a picture ID, regardless of your voting history and connection to the community.
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