NEWS HEADLINES:
I David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop last year, with Craig’s
mother, to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. Mullins and Craig
planned to marry in Massachusetts and then celebrate with family and friends
back home in Colorado. Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips informed them
that because of his religious beliefs the store’s policy was to
deny service
to customers who wished to order baked goods to celebrate a
same-sex couple’s wedding.
“Being denied service
by Masterpiece Cakeshop was offensive and dehumanizing especially in the midst
of arranging what should be a joyful family celebration,” said Mullins. “No
one should fear being turned away from a public
business because of who they are. We are grateful to have
the support of our community and our state, and we hope that today’s decision
will help ensure that no one else will experience this kind of discrimination
again in Colorado.”
The U.S.
Supreme Court ruled Monday in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make
a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
II Google Will Not Renew Pentagon Contract
That Upset Employees… Google
to drop Pentagon AI contract after
employee objections to the ‘business of war’
III Sarah
Sanders says she was kicked out of
restaurant because she works for Trump: “Last night
I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for POTUS and I politely left.”
CONCLUSION:
I In
the absence of any legal backlash, I assume the Red Hen justly
denied Sarah her meal because
her politics were unacceptable in its proprietor’s opinion.
II Jack Phillips experienced legal backlash for his refusal
to sell to all who wished to buy his product. It seemed for a long season that he must
reverse his position or loose his livelihood. However, an appeal to the Supreme Court did establish his right
to choose to whom he would sell.
III In the absence of any legal backlash,
Google evidently has the right to refuse a sale because of upset
employees (even a sale to the US government for the protection of our country)
for, again, there has been no legal backlash.
Sure
is confusing. Must not be the same
thing. Or, is this the way “666”
works its way into earth’s economy?
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