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In both cases it's a matter of being able to choose whether to participate in a message you don't agree with.

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Should web hosting providers participate in messages they don’t agree with by literally distributing those messages?

No, I mean AWS can choose to not host Parler, so why can't a baker choose to not make a gay wedding cake?

Gay wedding cakes don't kill cops.

What do you mean? The Supreme Court sided with the baker.[0] So why shouldn’t AWS be allowed not to host Parler if the baker can choose not to make a gay wedding cake?

[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court...

Except that Nazis aren't a protected class.

In one case it's a message of love. In the other it's a message of hate. You're personally welcome to treat them both the same, but I think you'll find most of society will treat the messages very differently.

If you can't understand why I'd imagine you're going to spend a lot of your life being extremely confused, angry and frustrated.

(I can't see the flagged post that's at the top of this subthread so if this is a bit out of context that is why)

If the baker thinks it's a message of sin, then what? It's not like selling them a room at a hotel or any other standard thing. This is a custom crafted item and message that they are being asked to help propagate, and one that they disagree with.

The Supreme Court decided the baker doesn’t have to make gay wedding cakes.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/04/us/politics/supreme-court...

What exactly is your point? I would hope a baker would treat someone who they feel is sinning by being in love with the "wrong" person, differently than they treat someone who is advocating for the elimination of an entire group of people due to their race or religion. ESPECIALLY given that the baker believes in sin because of their own religion...

The fact you're equating the two is actually disturbing.

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