The Supreme Court on Monday kicked back to the lower court a case involving Oregon bakery owners, in a move that leaves unanswered whether a business owner can refuse services to LGBT people because of their closely held religious beliefs. In an unsigned order with no noted dissents, the justices told the lower court to revisit the case involving the owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa, which was fined $135,000 for declining to make a cake for a same-sex wedding due to their religious beliefs, in light of its 2018 ruling in a similar dispute involving a Colorado baker. The Supreme Court sidestepped that question during its last term, which ended in June 2018, when it took up a case involving Denver baker Jack Phillips. In that case, the court ruled narrowly in favor of Phillips and found the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was hostile to Phillips’ faith and failed to act neutrally toward his religion. Kelly Shackelford, president of First Liberty Institute, which is representing the bakery owners, praised the decision by the Supreme Court as a win for them and "for religious liberty for all Americans." “The Constitution protects speech, popular or not, from condemnation by the […]
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