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<c4a1362dd2d6a288cec3fdf4c7f100e2@msgid.frell.theremailer.net>,
 "Bradley K Sherman" <bradley@panix.com> wrote:

> LAKEWOOD, Colo. (CBS4) � Chick-fil-A�s president spoke out 
> against gay marriage last week, sparking a huge uproar in the 
> gay community, and now the issue is spilling over to a Colorado 
> bakery.
> 
> The owner of Masterpiece Cake Shop in Lakewood refused to bake a 
> wedding cake for a local gay couple and now people are pushing a 
> boycott against the owner.
> 
> Shop owner Jack Phillips probably didn�t think he was going to 
> be wading into a civil rights debate a week ago when he told the 
> gay couple that he would not make a cake for their wedding, but 
> that�s exactly what has happened.
> 
> Dave Mullin and Charlie Craig say they dated for nearly two 
> years before getting engaged. They went into the Masterpiece 
> Cake Shop thinking they�d spend a full day trying cakes for 
> their ceremony. Instead the meeting lasted a few seconds.
> 
> �My first comment was, �We�re getting married,� and he just shut 
> that down immediately,� Craig said.
> 
> Mullin and Craig were stunned. They went online and posted their 
> experience on Facebook. The response has been huge.
> 
> Dozens of protesters gathered outside the shop on Saturday and 
> were very angry.
> 
> It wasn�t the first time the shop turned down gay couples who 
> wanted a cake. Phillips has received more than 1,000 angry 
> messages about his stance.
> 
> �If gays come in and want to order birthday cakes or any cakes 
> for any occasion, graduations, or whatever, I have no prejudice 
> against that whatsoever,� Phillips said. �It�s just the wedding 
> cake, not the people, not their lifestyle.�
> 
> �I support local business, I think it�s really important to our 
> community to support local business,� protester Cate Owen said. 
> �If it has to do with discrimination I don�t think we should 
> support it. I think we should want to change their policies. 
> It�s not like we want to shut them down.�
> 
> Some customers said they are now ordering cakes at the shop 
> specifically because of the stance against gay marriage.

Republicans should be applauding that. It's a clear example of "market 
forces."
> 
> �We would close down that bakery before we closed our beliefs, 
> so that may be what it comes to � we�ll see,� Phillips said.
> 
> A larger protest is scheduled to take place next Saturday.
> 
> http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/07/28/lakewood-cake-shop-refuses-
> wedding-cake-to-gay-couple/