Dpe anti-discrimatn laws many stat that require Christian bakery owners to bake k for same-sex weddgs, 13 LGBT and gay-owned bakeri objected to one man's requt when he asked if they'd make a pro-tradnal marriage ke that would read "gay marriage is wrong." All refed to back the ke and one person even cursed at the Christian man for "hate speech" and said a ke supportg tradnal marriage "went agast their beliefs."
Contents:
- SUPREME COURT CIS COLORADO GAY WEDDG KE SE: A TIMELE OF EVENTS
- BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG: 'I DON'T DISCRIMATE'
- BAKED THE KE: LEGAL BATTL FOLLOW GAY MARRIAGE LG
- 13 GAY BAKERI REFE TO MAKE TRADNAL MARRIAGE CAKE WH THE MSAGE: 'GAY MARRIAGE IS WRONG'
- MAKE THEM BAKE K? THE GAY-MARRIAGE E GO TOO FAR
- BELFAST BAKERY WAS FREE TO REFE GAY-MARRIAGE CAKE, COURT RUL
- MAN LOS 7-YEAR SE VOLVG CHRISTIAN BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE PRO-GAY MARRIAGE KE
SUPREME COURT CIS COLORADO GAY WEDDG KE SE: A TIMELE OF EVENTS
* bake the cake gay marriage *
That opn, also wrten by Kennedy, exprsed rpect for those wh relig objectns to gay marriage. “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.
BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG: 'I DON'T DISCRIMATE'
“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.
BAKED THE KE: LEGAL BATTL FOLLOW GAY MARRIAGE LG
“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.
13 GAY BAKERI REFE TO MAKE TRADNAL MARRIAGE CAKE WH THE MSAGE: 'GAY MARRIAGE IS WRONG'
“It’s about the right of gay people to receive equal service.
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.
MAKE THEM BAKE K? THE GAY-MARRIAGE E GO TOO FAR
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.
BELFAST BAKERY WAS FREE TO REFE GAY-MARRIAGE CAKE, COURT RUL
"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. "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.
Or ask Jack Phillips, a "ke artist" who may reprent the next legal hurdle for gay and lbian upl on their way to wedd bliss.
MAN LOS 7-YEAR SE VOLVG CHRISTIAN BAKERY THAT REFED TO MAKE PRO-GAY MARRIAGE KE
His claim that the First Amendment protects his eedom of exprsn, based on his relig beliefs, failed to nvce the Colorado Civil Rights Commissn last stat have no such laws, so gays and lbians eed to marry by the Supreme Court last month still n face discrimatn employment, hog and public acmodatns. "The urts have very nsistently held that this is not a ee speech or relig eedom issue, that is about discrimatn, and that discrimatn is a vlatn of state laws, " says Sarah Warbelow, legal director at the Human Rights Campaign, the natn's largt gay rights anizatn. "Jam Esseks, who directs gay rights issu for the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn, likens Phillips' effort and those of other mercial tablishments to postg a sign on the ont door: "No weddg k for gay people.