Re: July 30 letters to the editor.
There is an obvious solution for a gay couple wanting to have a baker make a wedding cake decorated in a gay theme and the issue of the baker refusing to do so because a gay union is against his moral and religious beliefs: How about ordering a plain cake and then purchasing a gay wedding cake topper from an online company like Etsy? Anybody with a rational mind can figure out that the commotion is all about publicity for gay rights. What about the rights of the business owner?
Cake decorating is certainly a creative and artistic-type business; why force the owner to produce a product that is alien to what he believes in and drive him out of business in the process? There are certainly other options. Enough of this “in your face” by segments of the population who want to push their agendas down our throats. “All people matter” and that includes business owners working hard to make a living.
Geraldine Treacy, Estes Park
I find the gay wedding cake controversy more revealing about religion in America than discrimination or artistic freedom. In nearly all currents of our culture, we are clearly post-Christian. Not that we ever were a fully Christian culture, but today, only in isolated pools does the New Testament, cheek-turning, everyone-loving, persuading religion exist. As a culture we have embraced an Old Testament, favorite-playing, erratic, vengeful, winners’ religion.
Having a winners’ God in our pocket is useful. It excuses our base, human instincts and our darker sides. It justifies the less-than-honorable things we do. It confirms that some people are more worthy and entitled than others. It supports hierarchies. It gives stability and order to our society.
This change comes at a great loss, though. America is becoming like every other nation in the world and throughout history. Too bad.
Bruce Baker, Westminster
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