Contents:
- SUPREME COURT TOSS LG AGAST BAKERS WHO REFED KE FOR GAY UPLE
- IN NARROW OPN, SUPREME COURT RUL FOR BAKER IN GAY-RIGHTS CASE
- GAY COUPLE AT CENTER OF WEDDG CAKE DECISN SLAMS SUPREME COURT
- 'THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME': WHY A GAY UPLE TOOK THEIR KE SE TO THE SUPREME URT
- BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG: 'I DON'T DISCRIMATE'
- THE COLORADO BAKERY THAT REFED TO SERVE A GAY COUPLE IS ABOUT TO GET A SUPREME COURT RULG
- ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
SUPREME COURT TOSS LG AGAST BAKERS WHO REFED KE FOR GAY UPLE
The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lg agast two Oregon bakers who refed to bake a weddg ke for a lbian uple, Melissa and Aaron Kle, ced relig beliefs as their reason for not providg servic for a gay weddg. 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 central disput the se -- which ps LGBT rights agast relig eedom nsiratns -- have yet to be addrsed by the Supreme Court.
Kle then said the bakery do not make k for gay weddgs, urt documents 's mother, who was wh her, said Kle quoted the Bible when explag his Kles had to pay a $135, 000 judgment to the uple for discrimatg agast them vlatn of a state public acmodatns statute. 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.
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 NARROW OPN, SUPREME COURT RUL FOR BAKER IN GAY-RIGHTS CASE
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.
" 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.
GAY COUPLE AT CENTER OF WEDDG CAKE DECISN SLAMS SUPREME COURT
" 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. He closed by sayg that "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.
They argued that as the Colorado missn had prevly allowed bakers to refe to rate k wh anti-gay signs, the missn's cisn to le agast Phillips was herently nsistent and discrimated agast some relig groups.
'THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME': WHY A GAY UPLE TOOK THEIR KE SE TO THE SUPREME URT
The gay uple at the center of a lawsu agast a nservative Christian baker who refed to sell them a weddg ke slammed the U. Elenis, provid clary at the expense of gay rights as the nservative urt ma easier for bs to discrimate agast LGBTQ+ people. Like the Masterpiece se, the 303 Creative lawsu also grew out of a relig bs owner’s refal to serve a gay uple.
BAKER WHO REFED TO MAKE KE FOR GAY WEDDG: 'I DON'T DISCRIMATE'
The gay uple was imagary.
THE COLORADO BAKERY THAT REFED TO SERVE A GAY COUPLE IS ABOUT TO GET A SUPREME COURT RULG
In a searg dissent, Jtice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that the cisn opened up a sea of disturbg possibili, givg the example of a nservative photographer who might refe to photograph an terracial uple or a funeral home that would refe to handle the body of a gay man.
“It was always about standg up to homophobia. Supreme Court victory after refg to make a gay uple's weddg ke bee of his Christian fah lost an appeal Thursday his latt legal fight, volvg his rejectn of a requt for a birthday ke celebratg a genr Colorado Court of Appeals led that that the ke Autumn Srda requted om Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakhop, which was to be pk wh blue ostg, is not a form of also found that the state law that mak illegal to refe to provi servic to people based on protected characteristics like race, relign or sexual orientatn do not vlate bs owners' right to practice or exprs their relign.
"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. Colorado Civil Rights Commissn is, at base, a se volvg a Christian baker and bakery owner who refed to make a weddg ke for a gay uple bee of their sexual orientatn.
ONE OF N.L.'S FIRST MARRIED GAY UPL LOOK BACK WH PRI
Owner and baker Jack Phillips refed, explag that he do not support gay marriage bee go agast his relig fah.
• The uple’s attorney, Jam Esseks, told The New Yorker an terview earlier this year that bs owners n believe whatever they want to believe, and say whatever they want to say, cludg, for example, “‘I thk gay people shouldn’t be able to get married.