The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday hand a victory on narrow grounds to a Colorado baker who refed based on his Christian beliefs to make a weddg ke for a gay uple, stoppg short of settg a major precent allowg people to claim relig exemptns om anti-discrimatn...
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- SUPREME COURT TOSS LG AGAST BAKERS WHO REFED KE FOR GAY UPLE
- U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CHRISTIAN BAKER WHO REBUFFED GAY UPLE
- IN NARROW LG, SUPREME COURT GIV VICTORY TO BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG
SUPREME COURT TOSS LG AGAST BAKERS WHO REFED KE FOR GAY UPLE
The se began when a same-sex uple Colorado — Charlie Craig and Dave Mulls — filed a plat wh the state civil-rights missn after baker Jack Phillips told them that he did not sign ctom k for gay upl.
U.S. SUPREME COURT BACKS CHRISTIAN BAKER WHO REBUFFED GAY UPLE
Kennedy said is "unexceptnal" that Colorado law "n protect gay persons acquirg products and servic on the same terms and ndns that are offered to other members of the public," but at the same time, "the law mt be applied a manner that is ntral toward relign." In this se, Kennedy nclud, the Colorado Civil Rights Commissn's nsiratn of Phillips' se was "promised" by the ments of one of seven missners at a public hearg — ments that Kennedy said disparaged Phillips' fah as "spible" and parable to ments ma by those who sought to jtify slavery on relig grounds.
Moreover, the state law at the time afford storekeepers some latu to cle creatg specific msag they nsired offensive, and the Colorado missn had prevly allowed three different bakers to refe to put an anti-gay msage on a ke.
IN NARROW LG, SUPREME COURT GIV VICTORY TO BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG
As Washgton Universy law profsor Elizabeth Sepper put , "The cisn om the urt is a punt, but uld have been dyname stead of a dud." Yale law profsor William Eskridge scribed the cisn as "a draw which go slightly favor of relig eedom." Throughout the opn, Kennedy seemed to be balancg the ledger, tryg not to disturb public acmodatn laws like the one Colorado and reeratg that gay people may "not be treated as outsts." While a member of the clergy clearly nnot be forced to nduct a weddg ceremony for a same-sex uple, vlatn of his relig views, Kennedy said, Colorado "n protect gay persons, jt as n protect other class of dividuals.".