>>>The employee was a bit confused by the question (c'mon, how many people serve pizza at weddings???), but replied along the lines of, "anyone can come in here and we'll serve them, but I doubt we would cater a gay wedding". (Or words very similar to that).
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>>>The reaction was VICIOUS - they received death threats and they received a large number of fake phone orders that disrupted their business to the point where they had to close their shop for a period of time.
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>This is a fairly common theme, with damaging behavior used as a cudgel by inclusive gentlefolk to enforce their views. I like your question of whether the pizza joint catered *any* weddings let alone gay weddings. If they don't cater weddings- then there's nothing wrong with not catering gay weddings. Or, iIf they do cater weddings, then in fairness they need to be pragmatic and treat all orders as just orders for food rather than potential political tar-babies.
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>Meanwhile religious and conservatives keep turning the other cheek- though there's some push-back starting now. Quoting Mark Steyn in response to the Associated Press statement that Kellogg's shrouding of Breitbart is because "Breitbart has been condemned for featuring racist, sexist and anti-Semitic content:"
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On weddings - I have attended weddings where the receptions/parties ranged from boring to entertaining to...well...nearly pornographic (long story...and it was a "straight" wedding).

If I'm in a business where I cater, and there's a party I have to attend/participate in, where the behavior is pretty outlandish (note: I'm not interjecting orientation, it could be "any" kind of bizarre party), it's my choice to weigh whether I need the money or whether I can turn the business away and say, "thanks but no thanks".

I read the Mark Steyn response tonight. I generally agree with him. I've often described Steyn as "what Rush Limbaugh could be - if Rush were much smarter, much more experienced, much more sophisticated, etc." :)

Product boycotts in general are kind of silly. Here's another one. Yuengling is a very popular brewery here in Eastern PA. They make good porters, black and tans, lagers, etc. Well, in the last few months, there was news that the owner/owner family supported Trump. Yuegling received all sorts of backlash and hate mail about supporting Trump - including reactions of "I'm not paying my hard-earned money for your product if you're going to use the money to help Trump". I just have to laugh at reactions like that. Yes, it's every consumer's right to stop buying a product, but most of these stances are silly.

Chick-Fil-A is another one. I get static from liberal friends because my daughter and I get milkshakes from there. One person actually asked me to stop posting Facebook pictures of Katy and myself holding up their milkshakes, because the sight of the Chick-Fil-A logo was "hurtful" for others to see. I've been told I'm financing anti-gay businesses. Some people just need to calm down.