Christine Quinn: Yes, Bakers Should Also Be Forced To Cook for Westboro Baptist Church

‘I shouldn’t have the right to deny you because I don’t like your religion or how you practice it’

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WELCH: "I'm a member of the Westboro Baptist church, you are a baker I want you to work my wedding. Should the state -- should you be compelled. Should you face $150,000 fine as happened to the baker in Portland if you say no, I don't like your church, I'm not going to serve you. 
QUINN: "As a baker, I'm providing public services. I shouldn't have the right to deny you because I don't like your religion or how you practice it. Let me be clear, I do not like how that church practices their religion. I also want to remind folks about a backdrop to all of this. Many states in the union and the federal government do not provide protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity and gender expression. We have a real issue here that this brings up. In many states right now, and perhaps soon god willing in the entire country, there will be full marriage equality. That means there are states where people could theoretically get married on Saturday and then fired on Monday for having gotten married and made it clear that they're lgbt. This is a issue beyond the so-called religious freedom laws we have to address by affirmatively adding sexual orientation, gender identity and expression into all these civil and human rights laws in every state and on the federal level."

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