[Opinion] “This is My Place of Business”: How Cakes and Coffee Continue to be Groundzero in an Age of Rage

“This is My Place of Business”: How Cakes and Coffee Continue to be Groundzero in an Age of Rage

Below is my opinion on recent incidents involving customers being forced out of businesses due to their political views or associations. There is a crushing irony for some who supported efforts to force businesses to prepare products from cakes to websites despite religious and political objections. In these cases, the owners were refusing to offer the same services (not expressive products) that they offer other customers. Here is the column: …

"This Is My Place Of Business": How Cakes And Coffee Continue To Be Groundzero In An Age Of Rage

"This Is My Place Of Business": How Cakes And Coffee Continue To Be Groundzero In An Age Of Rage Authored by Jonathan Turley via Jonathan Turley, "This is my place of business." Those words from Jim Sheehan, owner of the Wydaho Roasters coffee shop in Driggs, Idaho, have sparked the latest controversy over the right of businesses to refuse service on the basis of religious or political views. Sheehan has drawn national attention after throwing o…