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<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 1576041" data-attributes="member: 43825">From your link.The agency&#039;s decision found that the baker did not discriminate against Jack based on his creed. Instead, officials state the evidence shows Silva refused to make the cakes because the customer&#039;s requests included &quot;derogatory language and imagery.&quot;The baker said &quot;in the same manner [she] would not accept [an order from] anyone wanting to make a discriminatory cake against Christians, [she] will not make one that discriminates against gays,&quot; according to the decision.&quot;The evidence demonstrates that [Silva] would deny such requests to any customer, regardless of creed,&quot; the civil rights agency&#039;s decision stated.The decision noted that Silva is Catholic and her six employees include three Catholics and three who are &quot;non-Catholic Christian.&quot; It also stated that Azucar Bakery&#039;s website states that it makes cakes &quot;for every season of the year,&quot; including the Christian holidays of Christmas and Easter. Photographs on the website include cakes decorated with Christian symbols and writing, including cakes with cross decorations and the words &quot;God Bless.&quot; One cake was decorated with &quot;Mi Bautizo,&quot; Spanish for &quot;my baptism.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 1576041, member: 43825"] From your link. The agency's decision found that the baker did not discriminate against Jack based on his creed. Instead, officials state the evidence shows Silva refused to make the cakes because the customer's requests included "derogatory language and imagery." The baker said "in the same manner [she] would not accept [an order from] anyone wanting to make a discriminatory cake against Christians, [she] will not make one that discriminates against gays," according to the decision. "The evidence demonstrates that [Silva] would deny such requests to any customer, regardless of creed," the civil rights agency's decision stated. The decision noted that Silva is Catholic and her six employees include three Catholics and three who are "non-Catholic Christian." It also stated that Azucar Bakery's website states that it makes cakes "for every season of the year," including the Christian holidays of Christmas and Easter. Photographs on the website include cakes decorated with Christian symbols and writing, including cakes with cross decorations and the words "God Bless." One cake was decorated with "Mi Bautizo," Spanish for "my baptism." [/QUOTE]

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