{"id":44239,"date":"2017-09-13T12:19:49","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T18:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=44239"},"modified":"2017-09-14T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T17:40:31","slug":"lds-church-22-utah-senators-back-colorado-baker-supreme-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/09\/lds-church-22-utah-senators-back-colorado-baker-supreme-court-case.html","title":{"rendered":"LDS Church, 22 Utah Senators Back Colorado Baker in Supreme Court Case"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The United States Supreme Court building \u00a0 \u00a0(Wikimedia Commons public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I\u2019m proud of those who\u2019ve signed on to this. \u00a0It will earn them a torrent of abuse and hatred in certain circles \u2014 in fact, it has already begun to do so \u2014 but it\u2019s the right thing to do:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLDS Church, 22 Utah senators back Colorado baker in Supreme Court case\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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To reiterate: \u00a0I do not believe that a cake decorator or an artist or a musician has a legal or ethical obligation to join in celebrating something with which she deeply disagrees.<\/p>\n

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And yes, to the question of whether I think a cake decorator, artist, or musician has both the legal and moral right to decline participation in celebrating, say, a Latter-day Saint baptism or temple wedding, I do indeed believe that.<\/p>\n

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I might decide, thereafter, not to patronize that cake decorator, not to commission anything from that artist, or not to hire that musician. \u00a0That is my right. \u00a0And even, should I so choose, to suggest to other Latter-day Saints and friends that they not retain services from those people. \u00a0That, too, is my right.<\/p>\n

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Just as it is the right of a black cake decorator to refuse to design a cake celebrating the birthday of the Ku Klux Klan on 24 December 1865. \u00a0Just as a Catholic artist has the right to decline a commission for a work that features a crucifix immersed\u00a0in urine. \u00a0Just as Andres Serrano had the right to create<\/em> precisely such a work. \u00a0Just as it is the right of a Jewish string quartet to refuse to play for a fancy dress ball sponsored by the leadership of the American Nazi Party. \u00a0(The power to compel Jewish string quartets to play for officers\u2019 balls belongs more fittingly to Auschwitz, where it was exercised, than to a free republic like the United States.)<\/p>\n

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I do not know which way the Supreme Court will rule on this case. \u00a0They don\u2019t always get things right. \u00a0(Think of Roe v. Wade<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Dred Scott\u00a0v. Sandford<\/a><\/em>, and\u00a0Kelo v. City of New London<\/a><\/em>.)\u00a0 But we can hope. \u00a0And I do.<\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t believe that I\u2019ve yet called attention to this roughly 36-minute podcast:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLearning from an Impatient Biblical Job\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I also very much like this not-quite-five-minute-long video of Elder Jeffrey R. Holland:<\/p>\n

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\u201cFor Times of Trouble\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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The word like<\/em> is actually a bit . . . weak. \u00a0What he\u2019s saying isn\u2019t \u201cnice.\u201d \u00a0If taken seriously, it\u2019s profound and difficult.<\/p>\n

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***<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a nineteen-minute video that I also recommend:<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy I Joined the Mormon Church<\/a> \u2013 Kaku\u2019s Story\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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