>The pizza shop owner was an idiot to answer the question, and the people who threatened violence (rather than boycotts) were idiots, too.
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>But the reality is that this law would have allowed people who are in the business of doing work for weddings (like florists and bakeries and bridal shops) to refuse to serve gay customers. If a bakery doesn't make wedding cakes, then refusing to make one for a same sex wedding is no big deal, but if you're in the business of making wedding cakes and your doors are open to the public, you should not be able to turn down a customer because of his or her sexual orientation.
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I don't think the pizza shop owner was an idiot. I think they were rather naïve

And calling those who threatened violence and tried to interfere with their business "idiots" is a big understatement. That is potentially criminal behavior.