K Seles
1 min readDec 8, 2022

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Look closely at this list. All, except one, are objective criteria. Objective because an individual is unable to control the circumstances of their birth. One cannot choose their race, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, disability, gender identity or expression. The characteristics "choose" the individual. The only subjective criteria are religions. Any individual is able to choose to be a Catholic, Protestant, Jew, Muslim, Hindu, atheist. Yet this subjective criterion is the only protected class - based on an interpretation of the First Amendment.

So be it. This case should be logically, rationally simple: Any public accommodation cannot discriminate on these criteria. If a Christian bakery refused to bake a "Jewish" cake, they cannot. If any bakery refused to bake a "Nazi" cake, they can.

Choosing to be a Nazi is subjective. It is not a protected class.

The First Amendment also guarantees the right to assemble. If a Christian bakery refuses to bake a Jewish cake, or a cake for any protected class, they can, but only if they go private. Only if they relinquish their status as a public accommodation. It's really that simple.

"We are a private Christian bakery. We reserve the right to refuse service to any non-Christian, or to anyone else who does not subscribe to our beliefs or ethics.

Please call for an appointment."

There. I fixed it.

You're welcome.

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K Seles
K Seles

Written by K Seles

Architect by vocation. Individualist by inclination. Political sociologist, anthropologist, rationalist, philosophist, and cosmologist by avocation.

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