Wait before you attack me. Keep in mind—I'm gay too hear me out.
The Supreme Court recently sided against the LGBT+ community, when a baker refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay wedding.
While this is a blow for many, there are silver linings.
First of all, as much as it pains me to say, I do believe it's fair that the man is allowed to refuse the couple, even if the reason is unfair and rather ridiculous. Free speech, even when it goes bad, is still important. It's a slippery slope when you start banning certain things, and pretty soon someone (like Trump) might be taking censorship to a level no one wanted.
But let me tell you something about the gay community. News travels fast.
This man is now famous among the LGBT+ community and its allies. And I can assure you this will negatively effect his business. Other bakers will look at him and say "Hm, you know, maybe we should just bake the fricking cake."
Let me tell you. Baking a cake for a gay wedding doesn't mean you're crazy about gay people. It just means you're running a business. If you truly can't bring yourself to bake a cake for something innocent like that, well, buddy...that's a you problem.
If you're willing to put your company at risk because of your homophobia or otherwise, that's just bad business thinking.
Serving the LGBT+ community isn't a sign of any affiliation with them. Anyone who says otherwise is wrong. When I get flowers for my girlfriend (I don't have a girlfriend, just an example. But if you want to date me you're more than welcome.) and tell the florist that, if they still give me flowers, it doesn't mean they support me. They just want my money. I want my flowers. We part ways. And frankly, I'm fine if the interaction stops there. The florist doesn't even have to wish me a nice day.
The same goes for other companies, wedding-related or not. If you hear of a company that discriminates on race, gender, sexuality or otherwise, do us all a favor. Just don't buy from them. That's the thing about capitalism. When the people stop buying, you gotta adjust. Change your business model, go out of your way to show you will serve and support these people, similar to how corporations use pride month to sell rainbow themed items, regardless of whether they actually support the LGBT+ community or not. They just want money.
Hopefully we can all take a lesson from this, and now companies have a choice to show their rainbow all the time, whether they want too or they just want to stay in business. I'm not saying they should go crazy for LGBT+, I'm just saying they treat us like any other person you would meet on the streets. Polite detachment is key.
And honestly, that's all the LGBT+ community can cross our fingers for right now.
