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spanone

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Fri Sep 8, 2017, 07:57 AM Sep 2017

Trump admin backs Colorado baker who refused to make cake for same-sex wedding



Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is backing a Colorado baker who refused to create a cake for the wedding of a same-sex couple.

The case -- one of the most important to be heard this term -- pits advocates for religious liberty against supporters of LGBT rights.

In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court, the Justice Department urged the court to side with Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, who says making a cake for a same-sex couple violates his religious liberty.

"Forcing Phillips to create expression for and participate in a ceremony that violates his sincerely held religious beliefs invades his First Amendment rights," Acting Solicitor General Jeff Wall wrote for the Justice Department.


http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/07/politics/justice-department-colorado-cake/index.html
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Trump admin backs Colorado baker who refused to make cake for same-sex wedding (Original Post) spanone Sep 2017 OP
Presumably, the baker would also refuse to bake a cake for Trump...nt ExciteBike66 Sep 2017 #1
of course trump adm. would support bigotry spanone Sep 2017 #2
The wording of the Snackshack Sep 2017 #3
But he has our backs. Ms. Toad Sep 2017 #4

Snackshack

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3. The wording of the
Fri Sep 8, 2017, 08:40 AM
Sep 2017

Brief seems disingenuous. My understanding from what I have read about this case is that the baker was only asked to bake a cake not attend / participate in the ceremony.

Hopefully the court will close the door on this nonsense and rule against the baker. If he wants to run a church he is free to do so.

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