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U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Intact Mississippi Law Curbing Gay Rights
Greg Stohr Mon, Jan 8 9:33 AM EST
Demonstrators hold signs and flags in support of David Mullins and husband Charlie Craig outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Mullins and Craig filed a civil rights complaint to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission after Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips refused to make cakes for same-sex weddings.
The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a Mississippi law that lets businesses and government workers refuse on religious grounds to provide services to gay and transgender people.
The justices turned away two appeals by state residents and organizations that contended the measure violates the Constitution. A federal appeals court said the opponents hadn’t suffered any injury that would let them press their claims in court.
The Mississippi fight in some ways represented the flip side of a Colorado case the high court is currently considering; the question in that instance is whether the state can require a baker who sells wedding cakes to make one for a same-sex couple’s wedding.
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The cases are testing states’ ability to regulate what happens when LGBT rights come into conflict with religious freedoms. Colorado is aiming to bolster gay rights by enforcing an anti-discrimination law, even though the Denver-area baker says he has a religious objection to same-sex marriage.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/u-supreme-court-leaves-intact-143335424.html
U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Intact Mississippi Law Curbing Gay Rights
Greg Stohr Mon, Jan 8 9:33 AM ESTDemonstrators hold signs and flags in support of David Mullins and husband Charlie Craig outside the U.S. Supreme Court during arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. Mullins and Craig filed a civil rights complaint to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission after Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips refused to make cakes for same-sex weddings.
The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a Mississippi law that lets businesses and government workers refuse on religious grounds to provide services to gay and transgender people.
The justices turned away two appeals by state residents and organizations that contended the measure violates the Constitution. A federal appeals court said the opponents hadn’t suffered any injury that would let them press their claims in court.
The Mississippi fight in some ways represented the flip side of a Colorado case the high court is currently considering; the question in that instance is whether the state can require a baker who sells wedding cakes to make one for a same-sex couple’s wedding.
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The cases are testing states’ ability to regulate what happens when LGBT rights come into conflict with religious freedoms. Colorado is aiming to bolster gay rights by enforcing an anti-discrimination law, even though the Denver-area baker says he has a religious objection to same-sex marriage.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/u-supreme-court-leaves-intact-143335424.html
