City responds to complaints about bakery not serving gay customer

Dan82 · Sep 29, 2010

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The City of Indianapolis is responding to a complaint that a local bakery refused to make cupcakes for a gay customer.

"It's unacceptable. They are in the City Market, it's an equal accommodations establishment," said Robert Vaden, spokesperson for Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard (R).

That is the city's take on Just Cookies one a week after its owner made a business decision not to serve a customer who tried to place a phone order.

"I explained that we're a family run business and we have two young impressionable daughters," owner David Stockton told Fox59 in an interview last week.

It was that philosophy that figured into the business decision not to provide baked goods to a diversity group at IUPUI.

"It's blown up bigger than I thought, I didn't expect that many people to get involved," said Shan Parker, the customer's boyfriend.

The group wanted rainbow cupcakes for National Coming Out Day in October...

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City responds to complaints about bakery not serving gay customer

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