Should a Black Baker be Forced to Bake a Cake for a KKK Wedding?
June 5, 2018
Of course not. He should be able to say to the hooded moron, “This is private property, get out, I will not bake you a cake. Go make your own damn cake.”
That’s what the Supreme Court would have said if they got the recent wedding cake case right, but they didn’t, because they ignored the all-important issue of property rights and focused instead on religious freedom.
Dr. Thomas DiLorenzo [send him mail] is a former professor of economics at Loyola University Maryland and a longtime member of the senior faculty of the Mises Institute. He is the author or co-author of eighteen books including The Real Lincoln; How Capitalism Saved America; Lincoln Unmasked; Hamilton's Curse; Organized Crime: The Unvarnished Truth About Government; The Problem with Socialism; and The Politically-Incorrect Guide to Economics.

