A Colorado baker who had won a narrow U.S. 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 transn.
Contents:
- LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I'M GAY AND DON'T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
- SUPREME COURT WON'T OVERTURN LG AGAST BS THAT REFED SERVICE FOR GAY WEDDGS
- GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- SUPREME COURT PROTECTS WEB SIGNER WHO WON’T DO GAY WEDDG WEBS
- FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
LETTERS TO THE EDOR: I'M GAY AND DON'T WANT TO PATRONIZE BIGOTS. THANKS, SUPREME COURT
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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 backs Christian baker who rebuffed gay upleOur Standards: The Thomson Rters Tst Raymond reports on the feral judiciary and ligatn.
SUPREME COURT WON'T OVERTURN LG AGAST BS THAT REFED SERVICE FOR GAY WEDDGS
The Supreme Court cled to overturn Washgton state urt lgs agast a florist who refed service for gay weddgs. * supreme court gay cake ruling *
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GAY RIGHTS VS. FREE SPEECHSUPREME COURT BACKS WEB DIGNER OPPOSED TO SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
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SUPREME COURT PROTECTS WEB SIGNER WHO WON’T DO GAY WEDDG WEBS
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FIRG OF GAY CATHOLIC SCHOOL TEACHER ULD TT LATT SUPREME COURT LG
("How the ripple effect of the Supreme Court’s 303 Creative cisn uld swamp civil rights, " Opn, July 12)As a gay man, I am always ncerned if the bs where I spend my money are supportive of my muny. ”Ria Tabac Mar, an Amerin Civil Liberti Unn lawyer who reprented the gay uple, said the nial is a remr that “no one should walk to a store and have to wonr whether they will be turned away bee of who they are.