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• US SUPREME COURT BACKS COLORADO BAKER'S GAY WEDDG KE SNUB
• BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG: 'I DON'T DISCRIMATE'
• GAY WEDDG KE LG REAFFIRMS THAT BS N’T DISCRIMATE
• SUPREME COURT CIS COLORADO GAY WEDDG KE SE: A TIMELE OF EVENTS
• COURT L AGAST OREGON BAKERS WHO REFED TO MAKE GAY WEDDG KE
• CHRISTIAN BAKERS FED $135K FOR NOT BAKG GAY WEDDG KE FUNDRAISE TO RELNCH BS
• I’VE CHANGED MY MD ON THE GAY KE ROW. HERE’S WHY
• THE GREAT CHRISTIAN DEBATE OVER WHETHER J WOULD BAKE A CAKE FOR A GAY WEDDG
• IN NARROW LG, SUPREME COURT GIV VICTORY TO BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG
• SUPREME URT SIS WH BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE GAY WEDDG KE
• HIGH URT L FOR BAKER WHO SHUNNED GAY WEDDG KE. NOW WHAT?
• VIO PUTS MLIM BAKERI, FLORISTS GAY-RIGHTS SPOTLIGHT
• UK SUPREME URT BACKS BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGE KE
• THIS EVANGELIST ASKED A GAY BAKERY TO MAKE A TRADNAL MARRIAGE KE. NOW HE MAY FACE CHARG.
• 15 CUTE RABOW CAK FOR GAY PRI MONTH

US SUPREME COURT BACKS COLORADO BAKER'S GAY WEDDG KE SNUB

Image source, RtersImage ptn, Jack Phillips has temporarily stopped makg weddg kThe US Supreme Court has led favour of a baker Colorado who refed to make a weddg ke for a gay Colorado state urt had found that baker Jack Phillips' cisn to turn away David Mulls and Charlie Craig 2012 was unlawful the Supreme Court led on Monday a 7-2 vote that that cisn had vlated Mr Phillips' rights. The nservative Christian ced his relig beliefs refg rights groups feared a lg agast the uple uld set a precent for treatg gay marriag differently om heterosexual the Supreme Court's verdict stead foc specifilly on Mr Phillips' se. The cisn do not state that florists, photographers, or other servic n now refe to work wh gay lg three years after the Supreme Court ma same-sex marriage the law of the land s landmark Obergefell v Hodg source, Getty ImagImage ptn, David Mulls (left) and Charlie Craig wanted a weddg ke to celebrate their planned marriageWhat did Monday's lg say?

Jtice Anthony Kennedy wrote that while Colorado law "n protect gay persons acquirg products and servic... A siar 'gay ke' row is ongog Northern Ireland.

The Supreme Court Belfast has yet to release an opn on a lower urt lg that found the owners of a bakery discrimated agast a gay activist for refg to bake a ke wh the slogan "Support Gay Marriage" row began May 2014, when gay activist Gareth Lee placed an orr for a ke wh the gay marriage days later, the Christian-owned Ashers bakery ncelled the orr sayg "would ntradict their relig beliefs". "The narrow Supreme Court lg lg Phillips’ se applied to the specific facts of his se only and gave ltle ht as to how the urt might ci future s volvg florists, bakers, photographers and other bs owners who have ced relig and ee-speech objectns when refg to serve gay and lbian ctomers the wake of the Supreme Court's 2015 same-sex marriage cisn. That opn, also wrten by Kennedy, exprsed rpect for those wh relig objectns to gay marriage.

BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG: 'I DON'T DISCRIMATE'

“Our society has e to the regnn that gay persons and gay upl nnot be treated as social outsts or as ferr digny and worth, ” he wrote Monday. “At the same time the relig and philosophil objectns to gay marriage are protected views and some stanc protected forms of exprsn, ” Kennedy wrote, addg that the “ntral nsiratn to which Phillips was entled was promised here.

“The oute of s like this other circumstanc mt awa further elaboratn the urts, all the ntext of regnizg that the disput mt be rolved wh tolerance, whout undue disrpect to scere relig beliefs, and whout subjectg gay persons to digni when they seek goods and servic an open market, ” the opn stat. “It’s about the right of gay people to receive equal service. Some people might dismiss the prcipl at stake the Masterpiece Cakhop se by argug that a gay uple n simply purchase their ke elsewhere.

GAY WEDDG KE LG REAFFIRMS THAT BS N’T DISCRIMATE

If a pany n refe to sell weddg k to a gay uple on the basis of relig nvictns, n a rtrant also then refe to serve food to a divorcée or an unmarried uple wh a child?

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lg agast two Oregon bakers who refed to bake a weddg ke for a lbian uple.The uple, Melissa and Aaron Kle, ced relig beliefs as their reason for not providg servic for a gay weddg.

SUPREME COURT CIS COLORADO GAY WEDDG KE SE: A TIMELE OF EVENTS

Durg the urt's last term, jtic led favor of a Colorado baker a siar suatn, statg that a state body monstrated improper hostily toward the baker's relign fdg that he vlated a state anti-discrimatn law.WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST FLORIST WHO REFUSED SERVICE FOR GAY COUPLE'S WEDDINGOn Monday, the Supreme Court sent the Kle se back down to a lower urt "for further nsiratn light of" their Colorado cisn.The central disput the se -- which ps LGBT rights agast relig eedom nsiratns -- have yet to be addrsed by the Supreme Court.A siar se volvg Washgton state florist Baronelle Stutzman prevly was sent back so the state urt uld review s cisn agast Stutzman light of the Colorado se. Kle then said the bakery do not make k for gay weddgs, urt documents said.Bowman-Cryer's mother, who was wh her, said Kle quoted the Bible when explag his cisn.The Kles had to pay a $135,000 judgment to the uple for discrimatg agast them vlatn of a state public acmodatns statute.

Supreme Court victory over his refal to make a weddg ke for a gay uple on Thursday lost his appeal of a lg a separate se that he vlated a state anti-discrimatn law by not makg a ke to celebrate a genr Colorado Court of Appeals agreed wh a trial judge that Masterpiece Cakhop and the bakery's owner, Jack Phillips, vlated Autumn Srda's rights by nyg her service bee of her inty as a transgenr woman. Supreme Court 2017 agreed to hear Phillips’ challenge to the Colorado Civil Rights Commissn's ncln he discrimated agast a gay uple for whom he had refed to make a weddg Supreme Court 2018 led Phillips' favor but on narrow grounds that stopped short of creatg a ee speech exemptn to anti-discrimatn laws, fdg the missn was hostile toward Phillips’ Christian 6-3 nservative majory urt December heard arguments a siar se volvg Alliance Defendg Freedom client Lorie Smh, a Christian web signer who argu she has a right to refe to provi servic for same-sex se is Srda v. Supreme Court leans toward web signer wh anti-gay marriage stanceColorado baker se of Supreme Court su state over 'persecutn'U.

COURT L AGAST OREGON BAKERS WHO REFED TO MAKE GAY WEDDG KE

Supreme Court backs Christian baker who rebuffed gay upleOur Standards: The Thomson Rters Tst Raymond reports on the feral judiciary and ligatn.

CHRISTIAN BAKERS FED $135K FOR NOT BAKG GAY WEDDG KE FUNDRAISE TO RELNCH BS

Cisn to take on the se reflected renewed energy among the urt's nservative jtic, whose ranks have recently been bolstered by the addn of Jtice Neil Gorsuch to the high Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakhop Lakewood, Colo., cled to make a ke for the weddg celebratn of two gay men 2012. COLORADO BAKER RECEIVES DEATH THREATS AND HATE FOR REFUSING TO MAKE GAY WEDDING CAKEPhillips was orred to change s pany polici as well as offer “prehensive staff trag” to employe. SUPREME COURT IS IN SESSION WITH GORSUCH ON BOARD, GAY WEDDING CAKE CASE ON DECK“We are askg the U.

"The laws and the Constutn n, and some stanc mt, protect gay persons and gay upl the exercise of their civil rights, but relig and philosophil objectns to gay marriage are protected views and some stanc protected forms of exprsn, " the Court said s cisn. "While is unexceptnal that Colorado law n protect gay persons acquirg products and servic on the same terms and ndns as are offered to other members of the public, the law mt be applied a manner that is ntral toward relign. "In s cisn, the Supreme Court did not ci whether a bs has the right to refe to serve gay and lbian people Bar Gsburg and Sonia Sotomayor, two of the Court's more liberal jtic, Associated Prs ntributed to this report.

I’VE CHANGED MY MD ON THE GAY KE ROW. HERE’S WHY

”An earlier cisn the Kern unty superr urt also went Miller’s way, but was later vated by the fifth district urt of appeal, which sent the lawsu back to the cisn as a Colorado baker is challengg a lg he vlated that state’s anti-discrimatn law by refg to make a ke celebratg a genr baker, Jack Phillips, separately won a partial US supreme urt victory after refg on relig grounds to make a gay uple’s weddg ke a ago. Like most gay and equaly mpaigners, I ially nmned the Christian-n Ashers Bakery Belfast over s refal to produce a ke wh a pro-gay marriage slogan for a gay ctomer, Gareth Lee.

Much as I wish to fend the gay muny, I also want to fend eedom of nscience, exprsn and saga began 2014 when the bakery said was not willg to ice a ke wh the words “support gay marriage” and the logo of the equaly group Queer Space, claimg the msage was ntrary to s Christian beliefs. This stck many of as anti-gay discrimatn based on relig-spired homophobic prejudice. Ashers believ that the relatnships of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) people are wrong and should not be eligible for the stat of marriage.

Surely this was an example of clear-cut anti-gay discrimatn? They claim to be Christians, yet J never once nmned homosexualy, and discrimatn is not a Christian value. It sought to challenge homophobia.

THE GREAT CHRISTIAN DEBATE OVER WHETHER J WOULD BAKE A CAKE FOR A GAY WEDDG

It pas me to say this, as a long-time supporter of the stggle for LGBT equaly Northern Ireland, where same-sex marriage and gay blood donors rema banned. However, the urt erred by lg that Lee was discrimated agast bee of his sexual orientatn and polil ke requt was refed not bee he was gay, but bee of the msage he asked for.

Dpe this, Judge Isobel Brownlie said that refg the pro-gay marriage slogan was unlawful direct sexual orientatn discrimatn. ” Brownlie th nclud that by refg to provi a ke wh a pro-gay marriage wordg Ashers had treated him ls favourably, ntrary to the fdg of polil discrimatn agast Lee sets a worryg precent.

Or gay bakers accept orrs for k wh homophobic slurs?

IN NARROW LG, SUPREME COURT GIV VICTORY TO BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG

Bills to allow people to refe service to gay upl on relig grounds have popped up several stat, and led Christians to bate a prsg theologil qutn: Would J bake a ke for a gay weddg?

This article is om the archive of our partner to allow people to refe service to gay upl on relig grounds have popped up several stat, and led Christians to bate a prsg theologil qutn: Would J bake a ke for a gay weddg?

SUPREME URT SIS WH BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE GAY WEDDG KE

The bate started last week when Kirsten Powers, a Daily Beast and USA Today lumnist, Fox News ntributor, and a Christian, argued that laws protectg a person's relig eedom to discrimate agast gay people were a morn day Jim Crow.

"Christians backg this bill are sentially argug for homosexual Jim Crow laws, " she wrote USA Today. Erick Erickson, wrg at Red State on Friday, argued that J would bake a gay person a ke most suatns. He'd bake anyone a ke:J Christ would absolutely bake a ke for a gay person.

The problem is that gay rights activists and others thk 's OK for the state to force people to not discrimate. So, no, J would not bake a weddg ke:You might thk J would bake a ke for a gay weddg. Matt Barber of Barbwire — a relig news se verg thgs like "gay fascism" and how the Bible do not support slavery — pared Powers' argument to a Bible story where J tells an adulters "neher do I nmn you...

HIGH URT L FOR BAKER WHO SHUNNED GAY WEDDG KE. NOW WHAT?

'" The fact that Barber par a marriage between a gay uple to an y (and pared adultery to an y) impli that he thks J would not bake the yet Powers persisted. But 's the laws that will terme whether Christian bakers should be able to discrimate agast gay upl, not Christian article is om the archive of our partner The Wire. It gave no ht as to how the urt might ci future s volvg florists, bakers, photographers and other bs owners who have ced relig and ee-speech objectns when refg to serve gay and lbian ctomers the wake of the Supreme Court's 2015 same-sex marriage the 7-2 cisn, the urt said legal proceedgs Colorado had shown a hostily to the baker's relig views.

"The disput mt be rolved wh tolerance, whout undue disrpect to scere relig beliefs, and whout subjectg gay persons to digni when they seek goods and servic an open market, " Kennedy the lg, which me durg Pri Month, gave ltle guidance to the lower urts about how to balance those petg cisn was a victory for Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakhop Denver, who has said that his k are works of art and that requirg him to bake them for same-sex weddgs would force him to exprs a view that vlated his relig beliefs. Craig and Mulls filed a plat after nservative Christian baker Jack Phillips refed to make them a weddg ke for their same-sex Somovilla / Getty ImagAfter the uple filed a formal plat, Colorado urts led that the state's public acmodatn law, which bans discrimatn by pani offerg their servic to the public, did not allow Phillips to refe the gay uple's requt.

VIO PUTS MLIM BAKERI, FLORISTS GAY-RIGHTS SPOTLIGHT

In s 7-2 lg, the urt is not cidg the big issue the se: whether a bs n voke relig objectns to refe service to gay and lbian people.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court led Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a weddg ke for a same-sex uple a limed cisn that leav for another day the larger issue of whether a bs n voke relig objectns to refe service to gay and lbian people. The disput, Kennedy wrote, “mt be rolved wh tolerance, whout undue disrpect to scere relig beliefs, and whout subjectg gay persons to digni when they seek goods and servic an open market. “There is much the urt’s opn wh which I agree, ” Gsburg wrote of Kennedy’s repeated referenc to protectg the rights of gay people.

UK SUPREME URT BACKS BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE GAY MARRIAGE KE

“We read this cisn as a reaffirmatn of the urt’s longstandg mment to civil rights protectns and the realy that the stat have the power to protect everyone Ameri om discrimatn, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people, ” said Jam Esseks, director of the ACLU LGBT & HIV Project. Mlim bakers and florists have flown unr the media radar durg the recent uproar over Christian-owned bs and gay rights, but a hidn-mera vio may have changed that. The vio showg Mlim bakers Michigan reluctant to bake a ke for a gay weddg went viral last weekend, snarg more than 2.

THIS EVANGELIST ASKED A GAY BAKERY TO MAKE A TRADNAL MARRIAGE KE. NOW HE MAY FACE CHARG.

Crowr wh beg “homophobic, AND racist, ” llg the expose “an attempt to smear Mlims. In another post, John Pl Brammer of Blue Natn Review said the vio only succeeds unrlg the pot that anti-gay discrimatn is wispread. There are bigots every relign and we gay people should jt nsir ourselv lucky that we’re not beg lynched for beg gay.

Even though plenty of gay people have been lynched this untry, ’s swell that ’s not happeng everyday anymore, ” said Mr.

“If a Mlim bakery somewhere has refed to bake a ke for a gay uple, that uple apparently didn’t take the issue to urt. Several workers, who were intified by name although their shops were not, said they would not serve a gay weddg for relig reasons. “The flower shops are happy to do bs wh you, but not so much if you tell them you’re gay, ” says Mr.

15 CUTE RABOW CAK FOR GAY PRI MONTH

That wasn’t the se wh Barronelle Stutzman, the Washgton state florist who was sued 2013 after refg to provi floral arrangements for a gay weddg. She had hired gay employe the past and knew well the gay client who sued her — he had been g to her shop for ne years, and she nsired him a iend — but she had never failed to provi him wh flowers until he asked her to serve his weddg.