Should a baker have to put "anti-gay" slogans on a cake?

* Denver baker sued for refusing to write anti-gay slogans on cake -- "When Bill Jack arrived at the Azucar bakery in Denver in March 2014 and ordered two Bible-shaped cakes, Marjorie Silva said she was happy to oblige. But when she saw the messages that Mr. Jack wanted written on the cake, she quickly decided not to go through with it."

Bill Jack, one of the founders of Worldview Academy,1 has set out to prove a point. There is a degree to which I agree with his point. He has, nevertheless, taken the wrong route to prove it.

According to the linked article, the actions of Bill Jack are basically these:

• He ordered two Bible-shaped cakes from the Azucar bakery in Denver, Colorado
• He wanted the following on the cakes
• the phrase “God hates gays”
• “anti-gay” passages from the Bible.
• two men holding hands with an “X” crossing them out.

According to Marjorie Silva, she offered to make blank Bible-shaped cakes, and let Jack draw the messages himself.2

Jack is citing the bakery for religious discrimination, and has "filed a complaint with the Civil Rights division of the Department of Regulatory Agencies." The agency is investigating Azucar bakery for religious discrimination. According to the Yahoo News article, "A decision on the case will not be made for several months."

Worldwide Academy stated on their website on January 22 that they support the right of bakers "to not undertake work which would violate their core beliefs." They also distance themselves from Jack, noting these were "actions taken by Bill Jack as a private citizen." I agree. A bakery, whether Azucar Bakery or Masterpiece Cakeshop, should not be forced to decorate a cake in a way that violates their conscience.

Bill Jack's point is evidently to create another wrong that highlights that the Civil Rights Commission decision re Masterpiece Cakeshop was not right.

Anyway you ice it, two wrongs don't make a right!!

1. According to their website, Worldview Academy is a "non-denominational organization dedicated to helping Christians think and live in accord with a Biblical worldview."
2. Reports of the details of how the incident occurred come from the baker's point of view. The complainant has acknowledge that he filed a complaint, and only further states "I will wait for the director to release his findings before making further comments."