GAY TRUTH

A recent article at TODAY.com would have you believe that one LGBT cake artist in Michigan reacted correctly to an order she found objectionable, while Colorado cake artist Jack Phillips reacted incorrectly. The headline declares: “A lesbian baker in Detroit got an anti-gay cake order. She baked it anyway.” But if there’s one thing I know in today’s culture, it’s that you must read past the headlines. You see, if you read the full article, you’ll find that the stories of these two cake artists are more similar than the headline would have you believe. April Anderson, who identifies as a lesbian, co-owns Good Cakes and Bakes, a cake shop in Detroit. In July, she received a request for a custom cake that, according to the customer, would celebrate marriage as the Catholic Church understands it: the lifelong union between one man and one woman. April could not—and did not—create the requested cake because it would have expressed a message that conflicts with her core beliefs. Instead, she