ESPECIALLY YOUR PARENTS

I’ll beautifully tone deaf that any time.

I appreciate the article and it’s interesting when you get past the broad brush “Western vs Eastern culture discussion that isn’t only inaccurate, it presupposes that both the US and China are the only cultures in those two systems, which they are not.

It’s obvious just by looking at the lineups for any given music festival lately that dudes make up the majority of performances.

Is aggravated pimping a level above big pimping or below?

But was he convicted on the lesser charge of congenial pimping?

If I don’t ever get accused of aggravated pimping my entire life will be a disappointment.

I agree with you, however, this boils down to the same thing. You support person 1’s right to discriminate against person 2, due to values person 1 has that are against the values person 2 has.

I would support a business being required to make a “plain” cake with no message on it for everyone, where I would disagree is…

your problem is that you equate your own personal views (with which I agree) with ALL “fair minded people.” This business did not refuse service because the customers were gay, nor did they refuse to provide a normal wedding cake for a gay marriage. They simply refused to create and provide a text with which they…

I don’t disagree with Patrick Stewart either. There was an issue recently in the US where a baker refused to decorate a cake with a homophobic message everyone basically on Jezebel were in support of the bakers. They agreed to make the cake but not write the message, offering the customer an icing bag themselves. The…

We should be able to refuse any christian or religioner services at all our businesses

Would you force an african american baker to make a lynching cake for a kkk member? How about a jewish baker to make a nazi cake? A pro-choice baker making an aborted fetus cake (10/10 would have a slice) for an anti-choice rally?

Because there’s gold in them thar hills:

Here is the issue I have with this whole thing. Would you force an african american baker to make a lynching cake for a kkk member? How about a jewish baker to make a nazi cake? A pro-choice baker making an aborted fetus cake (10/10 would have a slice) for an anti-choice rally?

If you answer no to either of these, then…

I want to preface my response by saying that I absolutely am strongly in favor of gay rights and think that under anti-discrimination laws, a baker should have to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple just as for any other couple. But this wasn’t a wedding cake, it was a cake with a specific message on it saying…

Even as someone who is also extremely pro-gay rights, I do think there’s something to the argument that a baker should not be required by law to make a cake that says “Support Gay Marriage,” as opposed to being required by anti-discrimination law to just make a cake for a gay couple’s marriage.

Nuance is good. I think the fight for human rights and equality on all axes shouldn’t be compromised, but I also think it’s really important to acknowledge that even with that basic value there’s more than one way of approaching policy as well as specific issues.

I respect the fact he doesn’t issue an (non)apology for his beliefs but an explanation of what he said and meant. I can’t say that I agree with him but I understand his position: In my view, this particular matter was not about discrimination, but rather personal freedoms and what constitutes them, including the…

He’s backing what he sees as freedom of speech; it’s pretty clear he does not agree with bigotry.

It’s very refreshing to hear someone of his stature articulating his position so well. I feel the same way as Patrick Stewart, but if I try to make this same argument I am labeled a Homophobe.