Hey Andy, would you bake a wedding cake for a gay couple?
Hi. Actually, I’ve never baked a cake that large before, but if I owned a company that baked and decorated wedding cakes, then yeah, totally, why not?
I’ve actually shared my argument about this many times, as well as my frustrations with the so-called Christian bakery who rejected them, for I totally believe that they were in the wrong. I mean, you have to figure:
Choosing their Customers
The bakery may be legally able to choose whom they service (actually, if we’re talking about the Christian bakery in Oregon, then they’re not legally allowed to reject service to somebody based on their sexual orientation), but do they really ask every customer what their faith and beliefs are before deciding to service them? I mean, Christianity doesn’t agree with Islam, Catholicism, Hinduism, Mormonism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Wiccans, Pagans, Heathens, atheists, etc., nor the world’s culture. So if the Christian bakery refused to bake for gays because they don’t agree with their ways, then they should also have to refuse to bake for people of these other religions, faiths, and cultures, (but I’m assuming they don’t refuse their business).
What about non-Christian Christians?
A huge chunk of people in America claim to be Christians, yet really have nothing to do with Jesus. Some may wear a cross (Black Sabbath and Madonna wore crosses, but neither had anything to do with Jesus), they’re nice to most people, try to do the right thing, and may even attend a church on Sundays. So how would the bakers choose or discern between the real Christians and the fake ones? They can’t just bake for Christians, and even if they did, how would they decide? Would they take a survey of their customers? Would they ask what people believe first? Would they sit them down for a test? Would they make them recite the Apostle’s Creed? Would they ask for a church membership certificate or written letter from their Pastor? Seriously, how would they discern the faith and beliefs of their customers?
They Just Hindered their Witness
The Bible doesn’t say that we need to avoid people of this world – Paul tells us to avoid people who claim to be Christians yet live like people of the world (which brings us to the previous point), but he also said that if we avoided people of the world who are not Christians (non-believers), then we’re hindering our witness. So by rejecting the gay couple’s business, the Christian bakery actually hindered their chance to witness Christ to them now, and in the future.
I mean, think about how awesome of a witness they would have had if the HAD baked a cake for the gay wedding. I mean, if the gay couple liked their cake, then they’d tell all their guests and friends to go to that one bakery, which would not only bring business, but also opportunities to build friendships and chances to witness in conversations – which is what we’re supposed to do. So dude, you’re building your ministry base! Missionaries PRAY for such opportunities, and by simply sharing your gifts with somebody who’s asking for you to, man, what a blessing!
They Blew It
In my opinion, the “Christian” bakery that rejected the gay couple their business so totally blew it! And as Jesus mentioned with the parable of the talents, if you don’t use your gifts that God gave you to build His Kingdom, then He’ll take them away and give them to somebody else who will – which is what happened – the bakery was forced out of business.
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