Amazing.
The really interesting aspect to this is that Straight Bakeries will be watched as to whom enters and leaves and the Gay Bakeries will be monitored as well. The thing is this, I find Gay couples just as loving as any other and I would purchase form the Gay Bakery out of principle alone. I am looking forward to the mess the Robert's Court has made today and the ridicule that will follow.
This is the most immoral decision and it will go down in history as same. There will be a profound divide in the country and it will carry over to all sorts of commercial ventures. This decision is pathetic.
June 4, 2018By Pete Williams
Married couple David Mullins (L) and Charlie Craig pose for a photo in Denver on Nov. 28, 2017.
The U.S. Supreme Court (click here) gave a boost to advocates of religious freedom on Monday, ruling that a Colorado baker cannot be forced to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, in a case that involved marriage equality and protection from discrimination.
But the opinion was a narrow one, applying to the specific facts of this case only. It gave no hint as to how the court might decide future cases involving florists, bakers, photographers and other business owners who have cited religious and free-speech objections when refusing to serve gay and lesbian customers in the wake of the Supreme Court's 2015 same-sex marriage decision....
The Justices that created a divisive method among the people completely ignored the state law. That is more than disturbing. Ignoring the LAW Roberts is destroying "The Rule of Law." This is going to carry over into other decisions regarding state's anti-discrimination laws. This is going to have fallout the Justices are too myopic to see.
...Ginsburg, joined by Sotomayor, said that the actions of a few commission members did not obscure that Phillips had violated the Colorado Anti-discrimination Act....
(1) As used in this part 6, (click here) “place of public accommodation” means any place of business engaged in any sales to the public and any place offering services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations to the public, including but not limited to any business offering wholesale or retail sales to the public; any place to eat, drink, sleep, or rest, or any combination thereof; any sporting or recreational area and facility; any public transportation facility; a barber shop, bathhouse, swimming pool, bath, steam or massage parlor, gymnasium, or other establishment conducted to serve the health, appearance, or physical condition of a person; a campsite or trailer camp; a dispensary, clinic, hospital, convalescent home, or other institution for the sick, ailing, aged, or infirm; a mortuary, undertaking parlor, or cemetery; an educational institution; or any public building, park, arena, theater, hall, auditorium, museum, library, exhibit, or public facility of any kind whether indoor or outdoor. “Place of public accommodation” shall not include a church, synagogue, mosque, or other place that is principally used for religious purposes.
I don't care who it is, a bakery is not a place of worship or a place of religious practice. Kosher sells to the entire public and if anyone doubts that go into the local grocery and ask for Kosher anything and they will show the items and their shelves. The public can purchase Kosher products and do.
This is outrageous and pandering to right wing Caucasian extremists. The Roberts Court is hacking away at civil rights again.
The Colorado statue for against discrimination sets up the states agency of Civil Rights. This ruling is hideous and an offense to the democracy of the USA.
