Gay marriage wedding cake
Colo. Supreme Court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn’t construct cake for trans woman
Colorado&#;s Supreme Court on Oct. 8 dismissed on procedural grounds a lawsuit against a Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a transgender woman. Justices declined to weigh in on the free-speech issues that brought the case national attention.
Baker Jack Phillips was sued by attorney Autumn Scardina in after his Denver-area bakery refused to produce a pink cake with blue frosting to celebrate her gender transition.
Justices said in the majority opinion that Scardina had not exhausted her options to seek redress through another court before filing her lawsuit.
&#;We express no view on the merits of these claims,&#; Justice Melissa Hart wrote for the majority.
Phillips&#; attorney, Jake Warner with the Arizona-based firm Alliance for Defending Autonomy, had argued before the state lofty court that the baker&#;s actions were protected free speech and that whatever Scardina said she was going to do with the cake mattered for his rights.
Warner said Tuesday that his client had
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 stimulate 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 deeply interested marriage equality and protection from discrimination.
But the perspective 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 possess cited religious and free-speech objections when refusing to serve gay and sapphic customers in the emerge 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 queer marriage decision.
Similar cases are now working their way through the lower courts.
"These disputes must be resolved with tolerance, without und
US Supreme Court backs Colorado baker's gay wedding cake snub
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a baker in Colorado who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple.
The Colorado state court had found that baker Jack Phillips' decision to shift away David Mullins and Charlie Craig in was unlawful discrimination.
But the Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a vote that that decision had violated Mr Phillips' rights.
The conservative Christian cited his religious beliefs in refusing service.
Gay rights groups feared a ruling against the couple could set a precedent for treating queer marriages differently from heterosexual unions.
But the Supreme Court's verdict instead focuses specifically on Mr Phillips' case.
The decision does not state that florists, photographers, or other services can now refuse to labor with gay couples.
The decree comes three years after the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage the rule of the land in its landmark Obergefell v Hodges decision.
What did Monday's r
"Gay wedding cakes" in countries other than the US
John_Mace1
In this thread about the baker and the “gay wedding cake” in GD I asked what things were like in other countries besides the US. I got no takers, so let’s give it a try here.
To keep things simple, let’s presume that there is no ask for for “gay symbols” on the wedding cake. Just a tiered cake, with maybe some flowers or generic wedding stuff and the customers agree to supply the topper (if they yearn a same sex one). But the baker does know it is for Same Sex Wedding.
Can a baker in your region or province/state within your region legally refuse to comply with the request?
carnivorousplant2
And in which countries would the baker be stoned to death for making the cake?
John_Mace3
carnivorousplant:And in which countries would the baker be stoned to death for making the cake?
In which countries could the baker legally be stoned while he was making the cake!
ctnguy4
South Africa: no, the baker would be in clear violation of the Equality Act. For some reason, most of the cases h
"Gay wedding cakes" in countries other than the US
John_Mace1
In this thread about the baker and the “gay wedding cake” in GD I asked what things were like in other countries besides the US. I got no takers, so let’s give it a try here.
To keep things simple, let’s presume that there is no ask for for “gay symbols” on the wedding cake. Just a tiered cake, with maybe some flowers or generic wedding stuff and the customers agree to supply the topper (if they yearn a same sex one). But the baker does know it is for Same Sex Wedding.
Can a baker in your region or province/state within your region legally refuse to comply with the request?
carnivorousplant2
And in which countries would the baker be stoned to death for making the cake?
John_Mace3
And in which countries would the baker be stoned to death for making the cake?
In which countries could the baker legally be stoned while he was making the cake!
ctnguy4
South Africa: no, the baker would be in clear violation of the Equality Act. For some reason, most of the cases h