But then what if they said, "Okay, just put the message without the Sesame Street characters"? Christians shouldn't have to come up with excuses for not baking these "gay" cakes. They should be able to say "no" for whatever reason.
Decent people should be able to refuse for any reason or for no reason at all, but they cannot legally do so in these dangerous times. While one could stand for right and accept the punishment, that will lead to the baker's assets being confiscated and given to the perverts to fund their war on Christians, and I don't like that option. I'd rather see bakers agree to these evil demands as a ruse, write a contract charging an exorbitant price with no penalty for non-performance, and then cancelling at the last minute due to personal issues.
I don't like dishonesty, but the thugs in the gay mafia are not owed anything. We don't owe them an honest response, not when honesty leads to bullying lawsuits. We don't owe them our creative services, not when such services constitute an endorsement of perversion. We don't owe them anything beyond what we can be forced at gunpoint to hand over. As in any other armed robbery (the Feds are armed in this robbery), we don't even owe willing compliance with the robber's demands or honesty in our responses to their demands.
They wanted “Earnie and Bert” for a reason. For years people thought those two were homosexual even though Sesame Street insisted they were not. The reason for “Earnie and Bert” was to show that two people could be radically different but still be friends. For this reason I don’t want Earnie and Bert’s name drug through the mud.