I am a gay man and I am married – If I was Mr Stubbs I would shrug my shoulders and tell people to piss off… and this is why… I went to the Equality Court Website to see if I can find any data on previous cases or current cases, sadly none listed. Merely stating it is against the law leaves room for interpretation.

The Constitution of SA and Bill of Rights categorically states that people should be free of any discrimination against gender, orientation, race and religion… HOWEVER….
The Bill of Rights does not deny the existence of any other rights or freedoms that are recognised and therefore the RIGHT to discriminate based on RELIGION is allowed, provided that he is not selective – eg: all gay couples are excluded from his venue. You can not say lesbians are allowed by gay males are not – as that would constitute Discrimination based on Sexual Orientation which would make it illegal and you would have a right to complain.

Mr. Stubbs did offer an apology and has since updated his website to categorically state that he will not entertain weddings which is against his religions believes. This might make him a bigot and a stupid business man, but it most certainly makes him right. If people are insisting on saying this is against the Constitution then you only need to look at the BEE Policy in SA to see that our Constitution can indeed discriminate.
If you cant remember that far back… when campaigners argued for Marriage Equality we stop short of demanding that every church must facilitate gay weddings… why, because that would infringe on their religious right, and in the end it was the compromise need to pass the law. Most churches thereafter changed their own mind on it and have subsequently opened their doors freely.

In my opinion, if you go to a Wedding Venue which does not cater for Gay Weddings – then just put its name on your black list and tell all your friends and move on. Imagine when straight people want to plan their wedding there and phone the florist who promptly tells them based on their policy on Gay Weddings – I as a gay florist will not do your flowers… or I as a gay wedding cake company, or I as Wedding Dress Maker…