Quote: A US supermarket has refused to inscribe a birthday cake for a toddler named Adolf Hitler.
New Jersey couple Heath and Deborah Campbell wanted to mark their son Adolf Hitler Campbell's third birthday with a cake from supermarket chain ShopRite.
But the store refused to inscribe the toddler's cake for the family, who are Holocaust deniers and have swastikas in every room of their house.
"We believe the request ... to inscribe a birthday wish to Adolf Hitler is inappropriate," Lehigh Valley Live News reported a ShopRite spokesperson as saying.
But Adolf's parents have described the supermarket's denial as "sad".
"Other kids get their cake. I get a hard time," Heath Campbell, 35, said. "It's not fair to my children." The chain offered to leave the cake blank for the Campbells to decorate themselves, but the family rejected the offer.
Their two younger daughters also appear likely to cause similar problems down the track.
JoyceLynn Aryan Nation Campbell and Honszlynn Hinler Jeannie Campbell, who is named after notorious Schutzstaffel head Heinrich Himmler, will turn two and one early next year.
I think the parents are insane, but it's not right them being denied the services. I understand where the people are coming from who run the shop... but the US is built on free speech. You have to have it both ways.
They shouldn't be denied services, but will be - sad reality. And they should have taken that into consideration when naming their child Adolf Hitler; a name that many would still consider extremely inappropriate.
Quote from grandinferno;359356: I think the parents are insane, but it's not right them being denied the services. I understand where the people are coming from who run the shop... but the US is built on free speech. You have to have it both ways.
free speech is only protected against interference from the government. And stores have the right to refuse service to anyone