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gsgs comment- Neutral ? Religious bigots were given another crow bar by the Supreme Court.
Just a thin barrier protects equality, equal civil rights, equal protection under the law.
No one should be given license to discriminate, under the law. This was an example of false equivalence. A comedian cannot be forced to work for the KKK. An architect cannot be forced to design a secret prison that hides torture. A sculptor cannot be forced to produce a statue of a mass murderer. A writer cannot be forced to construct propaganda that hurts the people he loves. An opera ensemble, or a troop of ballet dancers cannot be forced to perform something that dismays and disgusts everyone involved.
Americans should be protected from getting crushed by the tyrants wielding the weapon of religion.
/end gsgs comment
Anthony Kennedy writes that the bigoted baker’s views are protected by the Constitution
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who had refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding
Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Monday’s ruling, and his concerns about the commission’s hostility to religion form the heart on his opinion, which is narrowly written in a way that seems designed to preserve historic civil rights protections. LGBT and civil rights activists had feared that a broader ruling could have been used to allow people to invoke religious freedom to avoid complying with anti-discrimination laws of all sorts. The court also did not declare wedding cakes a form of expression that must be protected by the First Amendment, as Phillip’s lawyers had requested.
In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple
June 4, 2018
In a case brought by a Colorado baker, the court ruled by a 7-2 vote that he did not get a fair hearing on his complaint because the Colorado Civil Rights Commission demonstrated a hostility to religion in its treatment of his case.
Writing for the case, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that while it is un-exceptional that Colorado law "can protect gay persons in acquiring products and services on the same terms and conditions that are offered to other members of the public, the law must be applied in a manner that is neutral toward religion."
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. The court's four most conservative justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, concurred with the decision offering different rationales for the future
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/04/6050...-baker-over-same-sex-couple-in-cake-shop-case
Supreme Court Sides Against Same-Sex Couples
June 4, 2018
With the 7-2 decision, the Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case becomes a precedent-setting setback at the Supreme Court for LGBT rights. Regardless of its legal ramifications, though, it will give same-sex couples more cause for concern that businesses won't always welcome them.
https://www.advocate.com/business/2018/6/04/supreme-court-sides-against-same-sex-couples
US Supreme Court rules in favour of bakery that refused to serve gay couple
June 4, 2018
The Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC) had ordered him to “cease and desist from discriminating against same-sex couples by refusing to sell them wedding cakes or any product [they] would sell to heterosexual couples.”
Supreme Court today (June 4) issued a ruling overturning that order. The narrow opinion largely shies away from setting a wider precedent of what discrimination is permissible in the name of religious freedom, though it did find that the actions of the CCRC were discriminatory.
Artist or Baker ?
Jack Phillips, owner of “Masterpiece Cakeshop” in Lakewood, Colorado whines to Supreme Court and seeks to be able to disrespect, humiliate, and reject all LGBT.
He argued that this is a narrow case about whether the government can “compel artists to create expression that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage.”
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/...r-of-bakery-that-refused-to-serve-gay-couple/
The Court did not rule on the larger issue, but opened the door for more cases. It did state that "tolerance" for people of faith must be balanced with the rights of gay people in the marketplace.
Masterpiece Cake Shop owner Jack Phillips was represented by an anti-gay hate group, the Alliance Defending Freedom, which several years ago focused on attracting a number of high-profile anti-gay bakers, florists, and other wedding industry owners.
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-p...-anti-gay-baker-it-wasnt-all-good-news-bigots
Just a thin barrier protects equality, equal civil rights, equal protection under the law.
No one should be given license to discriminate, under the law. This was an example of false equivalence. A comedian cannot be forced to work for the KKK. An architect cannot be forced to design a secret prison that hides torture. A sculptor cannot be forced to produce a statue of a mass murderer. A writer cannot be forced to construct propaganda that hurts the people he loves. An opera ensemble, or a troop of ballet dancers cannot be forced to perform something that dismays and disgusts everyone involved.
Americans should be protected from getting crushed by the tyrants wielding the weapon of religion.
/end gsgs comment
Anthony Kennedy writes that the bigoted baker’s views are protected by the Constitution
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday in favor of Jack Phillips, a Colorado baker who had refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding
Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Monday’s ruling, and his concerns about the commission’s hostility to religion form the heart on his opinion, which is narrowly written in a way that seems designed to preserve historic civil rights protections. LGBT and civil rights activists had feared that a broader ruling could have been used to allow people to invoke religious freedom to avoid complying with anti-discrimination laws of all sorts. The court also did not declare wedding cakes a form of expression that must be protected by the First Amendment, as Phillip’s lawyers had requested.
In Narrow Decision, Supreme Court Decides In Favor Of Baker Over Same-Sex Couple
June 4, 2018
In a case brought by a Colorado baker, the court ruled by a 7-2 vote that he did not get a fair hearing on his complaint because the Colorado Civil Rights Commission demonstrated a hostility to religion in its treatment of his case.
Writing for the case, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that while it is un-exceptional that Colorado law "can protect gay persons in acquiring products and services on the same terms and conditions that are offered to other members of the public, the law must be applied in a manner that is neutral toward religion."
Justices Ruth Bader Ginsberg and Sonia Sotomayor dissented. The court's four most conservative justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, concurred with the decision offering different rationales for the future
https://www.npr.org/2018/06/04/6050...-baker-over-same-sex-couple-in-cake-shop-case
Supreme Court Sides Against Same-Sex Couples
June 4, 2018
With the 7-2 decision, the Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case becomes a precedent-setting setback at the Supreme Court for LGBT rights. Regardless of its legal ramifications, though, it will give same-sex couples more cause for concern that businesses won't always welcome them.
https://www.advocate.com/business/2018/6/04/supreme-court-sides-against-same-sex-couples
US Supreme Court rules in favour of bakery that refused to serve gay couple
June 4, 2018
The Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC) had ordered him to “cease and desist from discriminating against same-sex couples by refusing to sell them wedding cakes or any product [they] would sell to heterosexual couples.”
Supreme Court today (June 4) issued a ruling overturning that order. The narrow opinion largely shies away from setting a wider precedent of what discrimination is permissible in the name of religious freedom, though it did find that the actions of the CCRC were discriminatory.
Artist or Baker ?
Jack Phillips, owner of “Masterpiece Cakeshop” in Lakewood, Colorado whines to Supreme Court and seeks to be able to disrespect, humiliate, and reject all LGBT.
He argued that this is a narrow case about whether the government can “compel artists to create expression that violates their sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage.”
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/06/...r-of-bakery-that-refused-to-serve-gay-couple/
The Court did not rule on the larger issue, but opened the door for more cases. It did state that "tolerance" for people of faith must be balanced with the rights of gay people in the marketplace.
Masterpiece Cake Shop owner Jack Phillips was represented by an anti-gay hate group, the Alliance Defending Freedom, which several years ago focused on attracting a number of high-profile anti-gay bakers, florists, and other wedding industry owners.
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-p...-anti-gay-baker-it-wasnt-all-good-news-bigots
