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There is this story: 'Gay cake' row: Judge rules against Ashers bakery - BBC News
Short version - a judge has ruled against a baker who refused to make a pro-gay-marriage promotional image because of their religious beliefs.
On the surface this appears to be an equality thing - but they would have served the customers - they just didn't like their icing.
This got me thinking if I ran a bakery or t-shirt printers, or car signage firm, and someone came in with something I found deeply offensive but legal (I dunno, something about vaccines being evil, or wanting some white supremacist stuff, or that there should be more x-factor on television) does a business have the right to say 'sorry, we don't do that type of thing here' or do I just have to grin and bear it?
Short version - a judge has ruled against a baker who refused to make a pro-gay-marriage promotional image because of their religious beliefs.
On the surface this appears to be an equality thing - but they would have served the customers - they just didn't like their icing.
This got me thinking if I ran a bakery or t-shirt printers, or car signage firm, and someone came in with something I found deeply offensive but legal (I dunno, something about vaccines being evil, or wanting some white supremacist stuff, or that there should be more x-factor on television) does a business have the right to say 'sorry, we don't do that type of thing here' or do I just have to grin and bear it?
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