Detroit Free Press. The bakery does not typically write messages on any of its specialty cakes, the paper said.In a letter the bakery wrote to the customer that it later shared with the paper, owners April and Michelle Anderson said they weren't sure why the customer requested the message from their bakery but said they offered him "nothing but love" in return."We stand against Hate," the letter read.
It identified the customer as David Gordon, who is a writer for Church Militant, a Michigan-based media website. According to Gordon's Twitter profile, he is also a copyeditor for the website.Get your unlimited Newsweek trial >The message that Gordon requested Good Bakes and Cakes add to the cake read "Homosexual acts are gravely evil," and.