In a decision being celebrated as a win for religious freedom advocates, a California judge ruled late Monday that a Christian baker who faced losing her business because she refuses to bake cakes for same-sex weddings cannot be compelled by the state to do so. The decision comes as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in December in another Christian baker case, Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in an ongoing wrestling match between religious freedom advocates and LGBT activists who insist that Christian bakers should be compelled to bake cakes for all marriages, not just heterosexual unions.
In the California case, Christian baker Cathy Miller, who owns Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield, was facing discrimination charges filed by the state after she refused to make a wedding cake for Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio last August, citing her religious beliefs. The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing petitioned the court to issue a restraining order against Miller and her bakery to force the company to make cakes for same-sex weddings or stop making wedding cakes altogether if she refused. READ MORE
1. Weddings are considered by most cultures and religions to be a religious and spiritual rite. No one should be forced to participate in a different religioun’s rite. The justice system has precedent for recognizing the difference between secular products/services (such as tires) and religious ones (such as weddings, funerals, bar and bat mitzvahs, ramadan sacrificing banquets, and wiccan seasonal festivals).
2. Ethnicity and race aren’t choices. Medical science has yet to prove lgbt is anything but choice. (research the study done on over 3,000 twin sets)
These two points are essential for any judicial decision.