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First Amendment Today, June 8, 2018: SCOTUS Rules in Gay Wedding Cake Case; Queen Elizabeth Honors Activist for Sex Workers’ Rights

Stephen Lemons/June 8, 2018 /Leave a comment

U.S. Supreme Court issues narrow ruling in favor of Colorado baker who refused to make wedding cake for gay couple Queen Elizabeth awards Order of Merit to Catherine Healy, an activist for sex workers’ rights who helped to legalize prostitution…

YouTube screenshot of Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, goateed and wearing reading glasses perched on the bridge of his nose, decorating a wedding cake with a paintbrush

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Religious Rights v. Civil Rights: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Colorado Gay Wedding Cake Case

Jon E. Dougherty/January 8, 2018February 20, 2018 /Leave a comment

In December the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that is likely to have long-lasting implications on how future federal courts will interpret the First Amendment’s provision that protects religious rights. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights…