Baker who refused to make cake for gay wedding
The case dealt with Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery in Lakewood, Colorado, which refused to design a custom wedding cake for a gay couple based on the owner's religious beliefs. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission evaluated the case under the state's anti-discrimination law, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. While the Oregon Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that Aaron and Melissa Klein, erstwhile owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, had violated the law by refusing to create an artistic cake to celebrate the nuptials of Rachel Cryer and Laurel Bowman, it also ruled that the state's Bureau of Labor and Industries BOLI had violated the First Amendment's "requirement of strict neutrality toward religion" in determining the damages the Kleins must pay. The court returned the case to BOLI to determine the correct damages. Christian baker who refused to make same
Jack Phillips, the baker at the center of a Supreme Court ruling that he cannot be forced to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, said Tuesday that he doesn’t “discriminate” against anybody. In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a bakery that had refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. It did so on grounds that are specific to this particular case and will have little to no applicability to future cases. 
Can a Baker Be Sued for Refusing a Gay Wedding?
The case involved a Colorado baker, Jack Phillips, who declined to create a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple, citing his Christian beliefs. The couple filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which found that the bakery had violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) and ordered it to cease discriminating. An analysis of the complex legal landscape where non-discrimination laws intersect with the free speech and religious rights of business owners. The question of whether a business can refuse service for a same-sex wedding is a prominent legal and cultural issue.
A Christian baker was sued for not serving a lesbian couple
The case centered on Masterpiece Cakeshop and baker Jack Phillips, who was accused of violating Colorado civil rights law when he refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple. Christian baker Cathy Miller was sued in for refusing to sell a cake for use at a same-sex wedding. Miller has now said she will ask the U. 
In Masterpiece, the Bakery Wins the Battle but Loses the War
The Supreme Court of the United States has been asked to weigh in on a lawsuit filed by a Christian baker in California who hopes to protect her right to refuse providing services that celebrate same-sex couples. This story was originally published by CalMatters. In , the U.
Bakery found to violate civil rights by refusing same
Two Christian bakers in Oregon who faced a $, fine for refusing to bake a cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding in received a partial victory in court Wednesday. . 
California court rules against baker in revival of same
When the bakery refused to sell Dave and Charlie a wedding cake because they’re gay, the couple sued under Colorado’s longstanding nondiscrimination law. The bakery claimed that the Constitution’s protections of free speech and freedom of religion gave it the right to discriminate and to override the state’s civil rights law. .
Christian bakers who refused service for same
A California appeals court rules a baker can’t refuse to sell a generic cake to a lesbian couple on Feb. 11, This story was originally published by CalMatters. A Kern County baker violated California law when she refused to sell a cake to a lesbian couple for their wedding, a state appeals. .