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Gay Wedding Cake' Case Comes Before US Supreme Court by hazyfm1: 8:28am On Dec 05, 2017
The US Supreme Court hears arguments on Tuesday in the case of a gay couple turned away by a Colorado bakery as they tried to buy a wedding cake.
In 2012, baker Jack Phillips refused to make David Mullins and Charlie Craig such a cake, saying it was against his Christian belief.
A legal battle ensued, with Colorado's court finding that the baker's actions represented unlawful discrimination.
The baker says this violates his rights to religious freedom and free speech.
How did the case come around?
In July 2012, Mr Mullins and Mr Craig went to Mr Phillips's Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, near Denver, to order a cake for a party to celebrate their planned marriage in Massachusetts later that year.
But Mr Phillips refused, saying it was his "standard business practice not to provide cakes for same-sex weddings".
Instead, he offered them other products, including birthday cakes and biscuits.
The couple later filed a successful complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.
Colorado bans businesses from discriminating against customers based on race and sexual orientation.
In 2015, Colorado's appeals court upheld the decision, with the state's supreme court later denying review of the case.
What are the baker's arguments?
Mr Phillips then decided to take the case - known as Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission - to the US Supreme Court.
He argues that his cakes are artistic endeavours, and therefore guarantees of freedom of speech and expression in the US Constitution protect him from being forced to make creations that express a message he opposes.
His lawyers also say that he did not violate public accommodation laws that ban discrimination because he did not throw the gay couple out of the shop outright and refuse to serve them.
Mr Phillips is represented by Alliance Defending Freedom - a conservative Christian legal group.
Meanwhile, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) represent Mr Mullins and Mr Craig.
What ramifications could this have?
A verdict in favour of Mr Phillips could open the door for a number of businesses to refuse certain services to gay couples by invoking religious beliefs.
Legal experts say that businesses could use the case to say they have a similar right to turn way, for instance, interracial couples if this clashes with their religious beliefs.
ACLU lawyer Louise Melling said opposition lawyers were "asking for a constitutional right to discriminate".
"This is not a case about a cake," she told Reuters. "It is a case about a very radical proposition."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42232162

Re: Gay Wedding Cake' Case Comes Before US Supreme Court by DWJOBScom(m): 8:41am On Dec 05, 2017
2 very sick lovers trying to impose their sodomic affection on people's lives.

I have right not to allow them buy my product and step into my car and i also have right not to reply every mention that comes my way
Re: Gay Wedding Cake' Case Comes Before US Supreme Court by 9inches(m): 11:01pm On Dec 05, 2017
Any ruling in favor of the gay couple will set a precedence; I will legit order a cake with muhammad's face on it and video myself cutting it.

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