Toni,

But what if they aren't accommodating and insist, and he refuses because to put that on a cake is offensive to him in his religious beliefs, should he be prosecuted for refusing to make and put their requested words in icing on the cake?

The Beard Liberation Front (BLF) is a British interest group which with Builders Labourers Federation, Aust., campaigns in support of beards and opposes pogonophobic discrimination . Stephen of the Australian BLF owns Stephen Webster Beauty and enjoys working with celebrity clients, his most valued client is the everyday professional woman with discriminating taste in fine feminine pogonos and gluten-free tucker.

Dear Foxy,

Thank you, I already looked at this link and learned from it what the current Australian law is (which I consider illegitimate, immoral and worth defying).

Now for all this beard-talk by the above guys, suppose you were in this unfortunate tiny minority of women who grew a beard and the Australian law stated that women may not shave their beards: Would you then consider such a law to be legitimate and moral, just because it was legislated democratically? would you then agree with Socrates' position that if the law tells you to drink poison then you ought to drink poison?

Dear Yuyutsu,

I am a relatively hairless creature. I always have
been. It's probably my ancestry. The only place where I
am hairy is the mane on my head. Anyway, I'll play along.
If I was to grow a beard - I would shave it off immediately
regardless of what the law was. And I would say I did it
for religious reasons. For example, Tibetan monks don't have
body hair and I would be able to fit right in as a Tibetan
nun.

There are always ways in which problems can be solved - no matter
what life throws at you. As the old adage tells us:

"A successful man/woman is one who can lay a firm
foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him/her".

//But what if they aren't accommodating and insist, and he refuses because to put that on a cake is offensive to him in his religious beliefs//

If ifs and ands were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands.

Is Mise
If a bearded lady is shaving while being arrested in your shop and asks for offensive words on the cake , would you refuse ? If a drunk Santa Claus fires both barrels into your bread-mixer would you still refuse? Then you're in the clear , its not homophobia it's for every valued customer . You can tell the cop it's religious insult when he gets back to you and arrest the lot ( although Santa came from Lithuania and may be Russian).