‘I’m Begging You’: Fetterman Urged Supporters of Christian Cake Baker Not to Vote for Him – By Chuck Ross (Washington Free Beacon) / Oct 20, 2022
30 percent of Democrats oppose mandates to force bakeries to make same-sex wedding cakes
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman begged people not to vote for him if they think bakers should not be required to make cakes for same-sex weddings, a position that puts him at odds with many voters in his own party.
In a 2020 interview, Fetterman rattled off a list of political stances on which he refused to waiver, including the release of people serving prison time for marijuana possession, the acceptance of Syrian refugees, and support for same-sex marraige. He also weighed in on the controversy over a Colorado bakery’s refusal on religious grounds to design a cake for a same-sex wedding.
“If you think that two people can’t love who they love…or you think someone should be able to not bake someone a wedding cake,” said Fetterman, “I’m begging you, vote for the other person, because it’s not ever going to be me.”
Fetterman’s unwavering position would spell bad news for him should voters in swing-state Pennsylvania take his advice at the ballot box next month. According to a Pew Research poll in 2017, Americans were evenly split on whether bakers should be required to make cakes for same-sex weddings. Thirty percent of Democrats and 71 percent of Republicans opposed the mandates, according to the poll. Fetterman’s Republican opponent Mehmet Oz supports same-sex marriage, but has not publicly weighed in on the wedding cake issue.
