This article talks about a court ruling in the United States preventing discrimination in a same-sex marriage case. The owner of a cake shop in Colorado refused to make a cake for two mens' wedding, claiming it was against his religion. He argued that he was not discriminating against gay people, just that he did not want to seem as if he supported same-sex marriage. The court ruled against the cake shop, because it would sell a product to heterosexual people, but wouldn't sell the same product to homosexual people. The theme of geography here is cultural landscape, because one man's view of what an ideal household should be is conflicting with another's. I don't understand why people try to use their freedoms to deny people service. Just because you make a cake with dinosaurs on it doesn't mean you have to like dinosaurs. Will people with different views ever be able to coexist?
started by amadar on 13 Aug 15
This article talks about a court ruling in the United States preventing discrimination in a same-sex marriage case. The owner of a cake shop in Colorado refused to make a cake for two mens' wedding, claiming it was against his religion. He argued that he was not discriminating against gay people, just that he did not want to seem as if he supported same-sex marriage. The court ruled against the cake shop, because it would sell a product to heterosexual people, but wouldn't sell the same product to homosexual people. The theme of geography here is cultural landscape, because one man's view of what an ideal household should be is conflicting with another's. I don't understand why people try to use their freedoms to deny people service. Just because you make a cake with dinosaurs on it doesn't mean you have to like dinosaurs. Will people with different views ever be able to coexist?