Phillips asked: "So a Supreme Court case yesterday ruled that a baker in Colorado did not have to provide a cake for a gay wedding because of his religious beliefs and preferences. Do you agree or disagree with that ruling?"
As expected, many of the students disagreed:
"I think you should have to bake the cake ‘cause it’s his job."
"The fact that our Supreme Court found that this was an okay thing, I find appalling."
"If his job is to bake a cake for a wedding, even if he doesn’t agree with it, he should still have to bake a cake for that wedding."
Phillips then flipped the script, and asked the students the following: "If there were an African-American baker, and someone came in and asked them to make a cake for a KKK rally, should they be forced to do it?"
The responses to Phillips’ follow-up question were not so quick:
"Mmm, I [would] say no."
"Um, well, yeah, no. I mean, like, they shouldn’t, but I guess that kind of just, like, contradicts what I just said."
During one exchange, a student replied that she wasn’t "sure on that subject." Phillips asked: "What would be the difference?" The student had no response.
Phillips switched it up again, asking if a Jewish baker should have to make a cake for a Palestinian wedding. Still, some of the students continued to take a stand against the baker.
"As for his religion, I think that his ability to exercise his freedom of religion ends when that encroaches on another person’s ability to be who they are," one student said.
