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http://www.mediaite.com/online/fl-baker-were-getting-death-threats-over-refusal-to-make-anti-gay-cake/
by Josh Feldman | 2:26 pm, April 4th, 2015
Former pastor Joshua Feuerstein wanted to test something out amid the controversy this week over religious freedom and business rights. He figured if business owners should be compelled not to discriminate against homosexuals, then businesses should also be compelled not to discriminate against anti-gay Christians.
And so, on video, he recorded a phone conversation he had with Florida bakery Cut the Cake. He asked if they would make him a sheet cake saying We do not support gay marriage. The woman on the other end said they wouldnt do that and hung up. After that, Feuerstein proceeded to identify the bakery in question and made his point about the religious freedom issue.
At one point, he said, Gay marriage isnt even illegal. Its called marriage. If youre a gay man and you want to be married, guess what? Just go find a woman and get married.
Feuerstein encouraged viewers to call the bakery and and help expose the hypocrisy theyre supposedly engaging in. Well, in a parallel of what happened to Memories Pizza in Indiana, Cut the Cake ended up receiving quite a lot of angry messages, including death threats.
FULL story and "the call" & news video at link.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)got a 1 million dollars when they claimed they were getting death threats....they want a piece of that action...
William769
(55,148 posts)Big difference there. Also she has not asked for anything because of the threats.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)and how is SHE standing up to the bigots if she refuses to sell wedding cakes for Gay Weddings?
William769
(55,148 posts)A Lesbian couple own the bakery and refused to make a hateful anti-Gay message on a cake.
That's how she is standing up to the bigots.
justamama83
(87 posts)If you are going to make not 1 but 2 sarcastic comments at least read the article. She refused to make an ANTI GAY cake that some wacky pastor wanted her to make.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)My mistake.....In my disgust I didn't make it far before it reminded me of THAT vile and I though it was the same lady as before...
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)to tolerate anti gay bigotry is a hurl-worthy sad fact.
Downtown Hound
(12,618 posts)I have yet to hear even a single one being made public. Apparently none of those making these calls uses voicemail.
Y'all remember a group a few years back called Protest Warrior? They were some right wing brats who went to anti-war protests and tried to antagonize the protesters there. It was funny, because they were always claiming that they got repeatedly assaulted at these events (you know, those violent anti-war protesters), and yet despite that they had cameras rolling the entire time they were doing their schtick, there was never any footage of these assaults. The camera always seemed to cut out when these assaults occurred.
Bad luck, I guess.
eShirl
(18,505 posts)mnhtnbb
(31,409 posts)the right wing fundies want the right to proclaim their hate
and this baker refuses to participate.
But the right wing fundies insist they have the right not to endorse love
and commitment, regardless of who is getting married.
Yes, I'd say the right wing fundies are consistent. They are all about hate.
That's all they can see is their view of the world from their own hateful
eyes.
justamama83
(87 posts)Do those of you making snide remark realize this woman is getting the threats because she REFUSED to make an anti gay cake? The wackadoodles are not happy that she will not participate in their hate fest.(edited to add- not aimed at the OP too many snarkers to reply to just one)
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)William769
(55,148 posts)Makes one wonder what else they skim.
onethatcares
(16,195 posts)is an asshole.
I bet he's just banking on his form of "Jesus" to tell him it's ok to hate.
what a sad man.
Initech
(100,112 posts)Refuse to deliver pizza to gay weddings = make $850,000.
Refuse to bake a cake for an anti gay cause = death threats.
Anyone see anything wrong with this picture?
surrealAmerican
(11,365 posts)... and "accidentally" leave out the word "not".