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06-27-2017, 02:22 AM
Baker who refused to make a cake for a gay couple will get a hearing from the Supreme Court
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The Supreme Court has set up a battle between the rights of LGBTQ Americans and proponents of "religious freedom."
On Monday, the court agreed to hear an October appeal by the owner of a Colorado cake shop who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012.*
SEE ALSO: CNN sent its Supreme Court sketch artist to the off-camera White House press briefing (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/cnn-sketch-artist-press-briefing/)
The owner, Jack Phillips, has said his religion prohibits him (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-wedding-cake-gay-couple-masterpiece-cakeshop.html?_r=0) from providing cakes for same-*** weddings, and he won't make baked goods for Halloween celebrations or anything that's "adult-themed," either. He believes baking a cake for a same-*** wedding implies that he condones same-*** marriage, a message he doesn't want to send.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/26/supreme-court-religious-freedom-lgbtq-cake/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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The Supreme Court has set up a battle between the rights of LGBTQ Americans and proponents of "religious freedom."
On Monday, the court agreed to hear an October appeal by the owner of a Colorado cake shop who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012.*
SEE ALSO: CNN sent its Supreme Court sketch artist to the off-camera White House press briefing (http://mashable.com/2017/06/23/cnn-sketch-artist-press-briefing/)
The owner, Jack Phillips, has said his religion prohibits him (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/26/us/politics/supreme-court-wedding-cake-gay-couple-masterpiece-cakeshop.html?_r=0) from providing cakes for same-*** weddings, and he won't make baked goods for Halloween celebrations or anything that's "adult-themed," either. He believes baking a cake for a same-*** wedding implies that he condones same-*** marriage, a message he doesn't want to send.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/26/supreme-court-religious-freedom-lgbtq-cake/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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