There are new details in a debate pitting religious freedom against discrimination, surrounding the question of whether a mid-state baker should have to make a cake for a gay couple's wedding.
(CNN) -- Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy tried to make clear on Monday that he was not retreating from his landmark 2015 decision allowing same-sex marriage nationwide, while he sided with a Colorado baker who refused to create a wedding cake for two gay men.
(CNN) -- The Supreme Court ruled narrowly in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake to celebrate the marriage of a same sex couple because of a religious objection.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court's highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado baker who would not create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
Bakersfield, California (KERO) -- A Kern County judge ruled in favor of a Bakersfield baker who refused to design a wedding cake for an already-married same-sex couple last year.
Cathy Miller, owner of Tastries Bakery, was facing discrimination charges filed by the state.
(CNN) -- Cathy Miller, the owner of Tastries Bakery in Bakersfield caught up in a legal battle over her refusal to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, is now fighting back.
Miller filed an opposition brief in state court. That brief is in response to the state's discrimination case against her.
Portland, Ore. - An appellate court Thursday upheld a penalty against Oregon bakery owners who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding almost five years ago.
After months of anticipation and dueling ‘friend of the court’ briefs, the Supreme Court took up the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case, which pits the freedoms of speech and religion against LGBT+ anti-discrimination laws, started when baker Jack Phillips refused to bake a wedding cake for same-sex couple David Mullins and Charlie Craig.
In a legal case with profound implications for LGBT rights and religion's place in public life, the opposing sides agree on this: It's not about the cake.
Throwing a rock at your neighbor is not “artistic expression” protected as free speech – and chaos would ensue nationwide if the court were to accept that argument in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
The Supreme Court will hear the Masterpiece Cakeshop case on December 5. This case may become one of the most important LGBT+ cases considered this year by the court. If they decide in favor of Jack Phillips, the owner of the bakery, businesses will be able to deny creative services, and perhaps more, to same-sex couples, based on the business owner’s religious beliefs.
Friday, the United States Supreme Court set a date for hearing the case of a Colorado baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The actions of the baker, Jack Phillips, caused the couple, David Mullins and Charlie Craig, to file a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
Washington (AP) — Disputes over a wedding cake for a same-sex couple and partisan electoral maps top the Supreme Court's agenda in the first full term of the Trump presidency. Conservatives will look for a boost from the newest justice, Neil Gorsuch, in a year that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said will be momentous.
Colorado Appeals Court ruled in favor of same-sex couple
Washington — The Supreme Court today announced it will review a decision from the Colorado Court of Appeals that found that a cake shop discriminated against a same-sex couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake.
Portland, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon bakery that denied service to a same-sex couple has closed its door permanently.
The Oregonian/OregonLive reports (https://is.gd/4y2J8j ) that according to a Sept. 29 Facebook post on a page for Sweet Cakes by Melissa the business shut down last month though the owners continue to sell cakes from their home.
Oregon bakery owners who denied service to a same-sex couple are arguing that a state ruling ordering them to pay $135,000 in damages violates state and federal laws.
