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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 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.
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
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ExciteBike66
(2,280 posts)1. Presumably, the baker would also refuse to bake a cake for Trump...nt
spanone
(135,636 posts)2. of course trump adm. would support bigotry
Snackshack
(2,540 posts)3. The wording of the
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.
Ms. Toad
(33,915 posts)4. But he has our backs.