A bakery in Indianapolis, Just Cookies, which is inside Indianapolis' City Market, refused to accept an order from a gay student group at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). The IUPUI put in an order for cupcakes or cookies with rainbow frosting on them to celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 11. However, Just Cookies refused the order. According to the man who owns the bakery, rainbow cupcakes and cookies celebrating LGBT pride violate the values of the bakery. "I explained we're a family-run business, we have 2 young, impressionable daughters and we thought maybe it was best not to do that," said co-owner David Stockton to a local Fox television station. He then added that it's his bakery's decision to decide what is obscene. Apparently rainbow colors fall under that label. "We have our values, and you know, some things, for instance, if someone wants a cookie with an obscenity, well, we're not going to do that." It was later learned that the man's young daughters are 17 and 20, the latter already being a college student. Gay rights groups in Indianapolis have called on people to contact the Indianapolis City Market and tell them they should engage all of its vendors, including Just Cookies, to make sure that no customers are discriminated against.
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