Posted on 06/05/2015 6:13:31 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
Patrick Stewart has defended a bakery, which was found guilty of discrimination for refusing to bake a cake with a pro-gay marriage slogan.
Last month, a judge ruled that Ashers Baking Company in Northern Ireland had discriminated against a gay customer by refusing to make a cake with the words “support gay marriage”, along with a picture of Bert and Ernie from "Sesame Street."
Gareth Lee commissioned the cake for an event to mark International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The bakery initially accepted the order but called Lee two days later to cancel.
Speaking to the BBC’s Newsnight program, Stewart, who starred in the "Star Trek" TV show, said he supported the rights of the bakery to refuse something which they found personally offensive.
“Finally I found myself on the side of the bakers,” he said. “It was not because this was a gay couple they objected, it was not because they were going to be celebrating some kind of marriage, it was the actual words on the cake they objected to, they found them offensive.
“I would support their right to say, ‘No, this is personally offensive to my beliefs, I [will] not do it.’ But I feel bad for them that it cost them [500] quid ($736).”
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Its goo that he is rich and has many theatrical accomplishments and iconic roles under his belt. His career just ended.
Bravo Picard!
wow. I’m pleasantly shocked.
Not this sht again! All this for a cake that only gets half eaten it the first place.
He probably realized that some producer could force him to be in a homo porn flick just because he has agreed to act for other producers.
At least this man has some class.
“THERE ... ARE ... FOUR ... LIGHTS!!!”
Can you even imagine eating a cake that you had FORCED someone to bake for you.....sheesh, I can think of a list of ingrediants that I don’t even want to think of....YUCK
“’THERE ... ARE ... FOUR ... LIGHTS!!!’”
Exquisitely appropriate reference. Well done, Spodefly.
Isn’t “Picard” a fag?
I was thinking he is queer; am I wrong?
Here's the cake I baked for you under threat of financial ruin.
Go ahead ... eat it.
Married 3 times (all to women) and currently married.
“Make it so!”
He will walk back that comment in 5,4,3......
Especially since he is supposedly good friends with Ian McKellan.
He has claimed in the past to be a ‘femenist’.
“Married 3 times (all to women) and currently married.”
I figured he was a bit limp in the wrist based on how he came across on The Next Generation (certainly not a Captain Kirk), but then maybe I got fooled by his British accent.
Good for him, but we really need some people “across the aisle” to speak up...as our concern is not the act itself, but what kind of society we leave for our kids (and yes, even people whose lifestyle makes kids less likely should care about the future of the country...but I guess that’s not the case).
It’s his X-Men co-star Gandalf, and he’s a particularly offensive homo. Ripping pages out of Bibles and whatnot.
That comment about sums up the whole mess. “Your suffering could be over if you just admit this is marriage!”
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