First of all.. and you clearly don't get this...
1. "abhorrent" (which is subjective and changes) non criminal behavior is exactly what the first amendment is here to protect. Had it not... you would not even be here to try and force gay marriage ideas on the baker. Gays would still be in deep in the closet because some people would be using govt force to keep those ideas hiddent away.
This is what I keep telling you. If you thought about this is why the first amendment must be respected and you must not use govt to force people to do things against their will. If we did not protect abhorrent speech and behavior... then gays would not have had free speech rights... Gays would be treated like they are in Muslim countries.
please tell me you are smart enough to understand that.... I realize sub 120 IQ drones don't get this. nor do paid foreign trolls but... surely you can understand this... freedom of speech helps those whose ideas need to be protected.
you are one perverting ideas.
2. yes I am sure some attempted to justify slavery because a type of slavery was mentioned in the bible. But...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Abolitionism
"Although many Enlightenment philosophers opposed slavery, it was Christian activists, attracted by strong religious elements, who initiated and organized an abolitionist movement.
[1] Throughout Europe and the United States, Christians, usually from 'un-institutional' Christian faith movements, not directly connected with traditional state churches, or "
non-conformist" believers within established churches, were to be found at the forefront of the abolitionist movements.
[1][2]"
3. Its absurd to argue that freedom means the govt telling you, you have to bake a cake.
now this is subtle but its very important. its one type of force to tell you to refrain from doing things. You can kill for religion, you can't do female gential mutaliation... etc.
But, it quite another to force someone to do something. Even the supreme court struggled with this... they had to turn the mandate into a tax... to avoid slavery and fascism. (although I still consider income taxes an unconstitutional act of forced servitude) In a truely free society no one should force someone to act against their will. yet somehow you are OK with it, if it benefits you pet ideas. But you would not be OK with the govt forcing an atheist to write God is great on a cake would you? Would you force a new to write allahu akbar? a muslim to write mohhamed was a child molester. You can not be OK with that kind of facism. Would you be OK if the Govt forced immigrant bakers to write Trump is the best?
4 .Why in the world would you force someone to write Trump is great or to celebrate a gay wedding on a cake when you could pay others to do it? How is that a good and just society.
If a baker does not want to put a naked women on cake... you can go somewhere else. Why would a gay person demand to force the issue?
You are being fascist in thought an deed. What is next are you going for tell people who they have to marry? If you open your mouth and say you won't marry a christian is the govt going to force you to marry a christian or a gay etc?
You’re really having a hard time understanding discrimination is illegal.
A little history lesson: religion was used to justify slavery too until slavery was made illegal. Then religion was used to justify segregation until segregation was made illegal. Then religion was used to justify discrimination until discrimination was made illegal.
People will try to abuse the first amendment in order to justify abhorrent behavior until we make that behavior illegal.
In short, if you want to open your business to the public you have to abide by the public laws, including discrimination.