Grafenwalder wrote:LordRaven wrote:Rolluplostinspace wrote:Lady Murasaki wrote:Richie BowWow wrote:An orchestrated campaign targeting Christians.
I'm sure these activists would never in a million years think of targeting a Muslim bakery despite almost universal opposition to gay marriage amongst Muslims.
This isn’t a thread about Muslims.
No but to be fair it does have a religious element to the story so it's a fair comparison.
Very true Herr Rollup, can you imagine this same shit stirring gay chap going into a Muslim Bakery and asking for the same cake with Support Gay Marriage emblazoned over the top?
I am guessing he'd be shown the door but I also think he would not launch a legal campaign out of fear of having a Fatwah placed on his head --which I am guessing is no problem because nothing will be/can be done about such a threat.
I agree and gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell referred to such a scenario in an article he wrote on his website.
“If the original judgement against Ashers had been upheld it would have meant that a Muslim printer could be obliged to publish cartoons of Mohammed and a Jewish printer could be forced to publish a book that propagates Holocaust denial. It could have also encouraged far right extremists to demand that bakers and other service providers facilitate the promotion of anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim opinions.
“That would have set a dangerous, authoritarian precedent that could have been open to serious abuse.
“Discrimination against people should be illegal but not discrimination against ideas and opinions,” said Mr Tatchell.
For once I agree with Peter Tatchell, he is absolutely spot on.