Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. Masterpiece Cakeshop is one of a number of recent cases in which owners of small businesses open to the public–florists, bakers, decor…
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High Stakes for LGBTQ Equality in the Anti-Gay Baker Case at the Supreme Court
On Monday, the Supreme Court granted a writ of certiorari in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado, a case in which a Denver bakery refused to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple on the grounds that same-sex marriage violates the baker’s perso…
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Pennsylvania Township Bans “Public Accommodations” Discrimination; Bathroom Panic Ensues
Last Thursday evening, the "municipal commission" in Susquehanna Township, PA, voted to ban employment, housing, and "public accommodations" discrimination against LGBTs. Media coverage of the vote was mostly sane and sober. But,…
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