Kennedy: "The outcome of cases like this in other circumstances must await further elaboration in the courts, all in the context of recognizing that these disputes must be resolved with tolerance..." 1/2
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"... without undue disrespect to sincere religious beliefs, and without subjecting gay persons to indignities when they seek goods and services in an open market." 2/2
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At a 2014 hearing, then-Colorado civil rights commissioner Diann Rice said that “freedom of religion, and religion, has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, whether it be slavery, whether it be the Holocaust.”
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STORY: Supreme Court hands narrow win to baker over gay couple disputehttps://reut.rs/2LW5Gbv
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ADF: "The decision makes it clear that the government must respect Jack's belief about marriage." ACLU: Court "reaffirmed the core principle that businesses open to the public must be open to all"
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UPDATE: Supreme Court backs Christian baker who spurned gay couplehttps://reut.rs/2sEevOl
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Kennedy's opinion, while leaving door open to exemptions to antidiscrimination laws for certain businesses, has lots of language on importance of gay rights. Alito, Roberts and Gorsuch all signed on in full
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Supreme Court is set to consider on Thursday what to do with a Masterpiece follow-up case concerning a florist who refused to make an arrangement for a gay wedding. per docket https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/17-108.html …
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5 Roman Catholics; 1 raised Roman Catholic, attends Episcopal Church, 3 Judaic. 7 votes denying gay people a very basic right. Ginsberg and Sotomayer dissenting. 26% of Americans are atheists. Time for some representation in gov’t. Toxic religion is ruining our democracy.
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Thank you. Finally a correct reporting of the case. So many media outlets are misconstruing the holding with misleading headlines and tweets.
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What was the breakdown? I mean, I probably would concur with the result, but not sure about the reasoning... Hostility to religion?
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