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On the Right Not to Bake a Cake
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On the Right Not to Bake a Cake

By Ari Armstrong

Jun 04, 2014
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As I’ve argued, although a cake baker ought not discriminate against gay couples for being gay, he nevertheless has a moral right to do so. This is an application of the right to property—the right to use the product of one’s effort as one sees fit. Correspondingly, government has no moral right to force a cake baker (or anyone else) to do business with…

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