Outsider:  Just re-read your post and couldn't resist another response or two. a) the couple was denied service (the baking of a wedding cake) PRECISELY because they were lesbians....the bakery owners admitted this....their defense was that the refusal was an exercise of "freedom of religion"   b) The bakery regularly make wedding cakes for heterosexual couples, it was an integral component of the services they provided...therefore, refusal to make one was refusal of service.  c) there are, indeed, specific jurisdictions which have included "political beliefs" in statutes prohibiting discrimination by service providers...Oregon and/or Portland do not have such a statute.  If you feel one is needed, support its adoption.  d) as a liberal, I will continue to defend the rights of all individuals.  Read the article I linked for you.   Regards and best wishes, Gary Crum