Heard in the news the following stories. I am wondering about the liability issues.
A baker refuses to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple because he doesn’t believe in gay marriage. He was threatened to be sued. Another baker refuses to bake a cake for a woman to celebrate her divorce. For the similar reason, he was threatened to be sued.
Do these threats have merits? Should these bakers be liable for not honoring all their customers’ requests? Can their customers file lawsuits based on a discriminatory ground? What rights do the bakers have?
I also wonder if we can extend the scenarios to different situations. What if we are dealing with people with evil intentions, wishing others to fail, to die, or to get ill? Do we have the right to turn down their requests to be part of it?
As a teacher, do we have the right not to honor some parents’ demands to make their children the top of the class? Some says, ” Yes, we do, but you might piss off the parents and get into trouble.” What do you think?
