Its really quite simple: If I only have to follow those laws that comport with my sincere and deeply held religious beliefs, I'll be murdering and eating your children (my god sez it's ok and I'm trying to get to Valhalla).I'm wondering if supporters of the baker would be as sympathetic if he had refused to bake a cake for an interracial or interfaith marriage.  Or where one of the newlyweds had had a divorce or an abortion.  Would he make a cake for a polygamous marriage for a fundamentalist mormon?  Could he possibly support the marriage of anybody who doesn't share his particular faith like Jews or Muslims? Yes.This couple could have taken their business to another baker; but what about the couple in a small town without choices?  Once they are cut off from the only baker in town, what options are left? A business owner benefits from state regulation, public transportation, police and fire protection, etc. Gay couples also pay for those things, making his business possible.