I was in a Subway restaurant recently ordering my customary lunch with extra Chipotle sauce when two gay men came in to grab a couple of sandwiches. But the guy in the clear plastic gloves behind the counter refused to serve them.
“I’m a Sandwich Artist,” he said, “and I object to gay relationships because of my religious beliefs. Therefore, I can’t in good conscience use my sandwich artistic skills to make your sandwiches because that would be denying me the right of freedom of speech by forcing me to participate in speech that I disagree with.”
(“Sandwich Artist” is a registered trademark of Subway and is the official title of the position as outlined in Subway’s job applications.)
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No, that incident really didn’t happen, but it’s perhaps illustrative of the issues that surround the controversial “gay wedding cake” lawsuit which was recently heard before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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