Ordinance authors: Bakery within its rights
Nytes, Keller say business did not violate regulation by refusing to sell cookies for gay pride event
12:45 AM, Oct 9, 2010 |
Shari Rudavsky and Vic Ryckaert
http://www.indystar.com/article/20101009/LOCAL18/10090345/Ordinance-authors-Cookie-bakery-was-within-its-rights (http://www.indystar.com/article/20101009/LOCAL18/10090345/Ordinance-authors-Cookie-bakery-was-within-its-rights)
Refusing to fill a special cookie order for a political event does not amount to discrimination, the authors of a city ordinance to protect gays and lesbians said Friday.
Their comments, made public in a letter to The Indianapolis Star, represent the latest twist in a flap over whether a local bakery that declined a gay student group's request for rainbow-iced cookies should lose its lease at City Market.
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But the authors of the city's human rights ordinance, which the City-County Council passed in 2005 and which includes guarantees for equality regardless of sexual orientation, caution against an overly broad interpretation.