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Christian Baker Says God Told Her Lesbians Arent Allowed To Have Birthday Cakes Either
An Ohio baker has done her level best to expand the boundaries of the National Dumbfuckery on Religious Freedom, insisting that her Christian faith prevents her from baking a cake for a lesbian couple. Not a wedding cake: a fucking birthday cake.
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Not the actual cake that was ordered.
It certainly wasnt the text message Candice Lowe was expecting to get on her honeymoon. She says it came from the owner of a local bakery, canceling the order for her wifes birthday cake. Lowe says, after she saw my Facebook page, she found out that I was in a same-sex marriage and she could not do my cake.
The couple was just married two weeks ago and are still on cloud nine after celebrating with their son, family and friends. But that all came crashing down. In some ways, they say, its like taking two steps back. It wasnt a wedding cake, it was just a birthday cake [for my wife, Amanda], Candice said. A birthday cake has nothing to do with your sexual preference.
Pardon us for a moment.
Thank you.
According to the blog Peacock Panache, Ms. Lowe didnt say anything about her sexual orientation when she ordered the cake, but then the baker looked her up on Facebook, which is apparently a necessary part of baking a goddamn birthday cake for some people. Oh dear, and there was a very happy photo of the newlyweds:
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lowe wedding
Obviously, the baker had to send an apologetic text, in the cutest most whimsical font possible, to let Lowe know Jesus wouldnt allow her to bake cakes for demon lesbianese people:
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Hey, she said "OK," so what's the big deal?
Update: New photo has removed bakers name. Also, as a couple commenters have noted, that smiley face at the end makes the whole Cant serve you since youre hellbound! message much nicer. To be fair, did you really want a baker who cant spell your/youre anyway? Ms. Lowe posted the screenshot to her Facebook with the single comment Just instantly pissed me the fuck off plus five frowny faces, and things quickly went viral, as they do.
Contacted by the TV station that broke the story, the Good Christian owner of Take the Cake initially expressed interest in sharing her side of the story, but then stopped returning their calls, and has not responded to any media inquiries. Clearly, she needs some time to deal with all the oppression she faces (NO, DO NOT DOX HER), and because her name has been mentioned in some stories, doubtless some assholes have threatened her, which is NEVER OK. Its perfectly sufficient for the internet to ask her to consider why on earth she thought it was her business to take to social media to check the relationship status of her customers in the first place.
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Read more at http://wonkette.com/603826/christian-baker-say-god-told-her-lesbians-arent-allowed-to-have-birthday-cakes-either#Wj2CCZXsFlBxqcST.99
anoNY42
(670 posts)and he didn't allow gays to have birthdays, I would totally turn gay. Think of how much longer you would live if you never aged?
niyad
(113,336 posts)Vinca
(50,276 posts)anoNY42
(670 posts)Vinca
(50,276 posts)Hayduke Bomgarte
(1,965 posts)Should be carted off in a straight jacket, and never allowed out in public again. Most especially those who claim what God told them will cause any degree of misery for others.
PersonNumber503602
(1,134 posts)Warpy
(111,270 posts)and getting messages from god was your surest way to get into one of them.
dgibby
(9,474 posts)When I was in the Navy, we had a Lt. who was on a locked psych ward because gawd was talking to him. At the same time, Oral Roberts was asking for millions of dollars from his followers because that same gawd told him if he couldn't raise the money, then he was going to die. That poor Lt. got discharged from the Navy and Oral Roberts got his money! You can't make it up!
Runningdawg
(4,517 posts)a 900 ft Jesus, to be specific.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)They preach messages of love and tolerance. But only if it fits their message. God forbid someone outside of their message should have their way. And then they go and prop ignorant bigots like Kim Davis, Bill O'Reilly, Phil Robertson and Sarah Palin on a national stage to spread the message. Phil Robertson preaches in Denver and strokes his beard about how only men should use the men's room and women should use the women's room. And then they go and deny LGBT couples marriage licenses, weddings and birthday cakes. But it's all about love according to these "good Christians". Didn't Jesus hate hypocrites if I remember?
Boomerproud
(7,954 posts)Well, that really wraps it up in a bow doesn't it?
LuvNewcastle
(16,846 posts)A pie, maybe? How about a candy bar? A mint?
niyad
(113,336 posts)national supermarkets spewing that kind of bigoted, ignorant hatred.
LeftRant
(524 posts)... but who reads THOSE stories anymore!
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)Good Lord, how unbelievably pathetic.
Release the 4chan on this one.
Takket
(21,575 posts)about everyone in this country shooting everyone else as they do baking frigging cake for a lesbian's birthday