Supreme Court weighs whether baker may refuse to serve same-sex couple

Phillips will sell gay people cupcakes, brownies, and birthday cakes, but because he believes gay marriage is a sin, he won't bake cakes for their weddings.Phillips is free to express his opinions regarding gay marriage, but businesses can't allow those opinions to justify discrimination a...

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Published in:The Christian century (1902) 2018-01, Vol.135 (1), p.16-17
Main Author: Markoe, Lauren
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Alito, Samuel Jr
Attitudes
Business government relations
Civil rights
Company legal issue
Discrimination against gays
Freedom of speech
Gay couples
Gays & lesbians
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader
Gorsuch, Neil M
Kennedy, Anthony M
Phillips, Jack
Same sex marriage
Sexual orientation discrimination
Supreme Court decisions
Weddings
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Summary:Phillips will sell gay people cupcakes, brownies, and birthday cakes, but because he believes gay marriage is a sin, he won't bake cakes for their weddings.Phillips is free to express his opinions regarding gay marriage, but businesses can't allow those opinions to justify discrimination against gay people, said David D. Cole, the national legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union, who argued on behalf of Craig and Mullins.Phillips's attorney appealed to the justices to protect his right to free speech, the right that "protects the lesbian graphic designer who doesn't want to design for the Westboro Baptist Church as much as it protects Mr. Phillips," said Kristen K. Waggoner, senior vice president of the legal division of the Alliance Defending Freedom, referring to the Kansas congregation known for its inflammatory protests.
ISSN:0009-5281
2163-3312