Bakery denies gay wedding cake
In narrow ruling, Supreme Court gives victory to baker who refused to create cake for gay wedding
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court gave a amplify to advocates of religious freedom on Monday, judgment that a Colorado baker cannot be forced to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, in a case that emotionally attached marriage equality and protection from discrimination.
But the belief was a narrow one, applying to the specific facts of this case only. It gave no hint as to how the court might settle future cases involving florists, bakers, photographers and other business owners who hold cited religious and free-speech objections when refusing to serve gay and queer woman customers in the awaken of the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision.
In the decision, the court said legal proceedings in Colorado had shown a hostility to the baker's religious views. Monday's ruling was written by Justice Anthony Kennedy, who also wrote the Supreme Court's homosexual marriage decision.
Similar cases are now working their way through the lower courts.
"These disputes must be resolved with tolerance, without undue disrespect to sincere religious beliefs, and without subjecting gay persons to indignities when t
'Gay cake' row: What is the dispute about?
In October , the owners of the bakery lost their appeal against the judgment that their refusal to make a "gay cake" was discriminatory.
Appeal court judges said that, under regulation, the bakers were not allowed to provide a service only to people who agreed with their religious beliefs, external.
Reacting to the ruling, Daniel McArthur from Ashers said he was "extremely disappointed" adding that it undermined "democratic freedom, religious freedom and free speech".
The firm then took the case to the Supreme Court and they won.
The UK's uppermost court ruled the bakery's refusal to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage was not discriminatory.
Then president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, ruled the bakers did not refuse to fulfil the order because of the customer's sexual orientation.
"They would have refused to make such a cake for any customer, irrespective of their sexual orientation," she said.
"Their objection was to the communication on the cake, not to the personal characteristics of Mr Lee."
And from there, Mr Lee took his case to Europe, argu
Colorado baker loses appeal over birthday cake for gender transition celebration
By Colleen Slevin/AP
The Colorado baker who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to construct a gay couple’s wedding cake because of his Christian faith lost an appeal Thursday in his latest legal fight, involving his rejection of a request for a birthday cake celebrating a gender transition.
The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled that that the cake Autumn Scardina requested from Jack Phillips and Masterpiece Cakeshop, which was to be pink with blue frosting, is not a form of speech.
It also found that the state law that makes it illegal to refuse to provide services to people based on protected characteristics like race, religion or sexual orientation does not violate business owners' right to training or express their religion.
Relying on the findings of a Denver judge in a trial in the dispute, the appeals court said Phillips' shop initially agreed to make the cake but then refused after Scardina explained that she was going to use it to observe her transition from male to female.
“We conclude that creating a pink cake with blue frosting is not inherently expressi
Colorado high court to catch case against Christian baker who refused to construct trans-themed cake
On the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court victory this summer for a graphic artist who didn’t want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday it will now hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
The announcement by the Colorado Supreme Court is the latest development in the yearslong legal saga involving Jack Phillips and LGBTQ rights.
Phillips won a partial victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in after refusing to make a queer couple’s wedding cake.
He was later sued by Autumn Scardina, a transgender chick, after Phillips and his suburban Denver bakery refused to make a pink cake with blue frosting for her birthday and to celebrate her gender transition.
Scardina, an attorney, said she brought the lawsuit to “challenge the veracity” of Phillips’ statements that he would serve LGBTQ customers. Her attorney said her cake order was not a “set up” intended to file a lawsuit.
The Colorado Supreme Court didn’t define how or why it made the determination to hear the case. It was announced in a
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