They did, however,
determine what the cake represented and that was the basis of their objection. So, you aren't participating in a Klan rally (or endorsing it) if all you did was build the cross knowing the purpose the Klansmen had for asking you to build it, right? If part of my textile business involves the manufacture of armbands with swastikas I am not condoning or working in a way that furthers the cause of Nazism either, I suppose.
I think there is a closer relation to the builders of a ceremony's props to the ceremonies themselves than you're willing to admit. But, that's okay. We can disagree about that.
