Click here to view full article at lawandreligionforum.org Another slightly longer thought on the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision. Many were interested to see how the role of “animus” might affect the outcome in the case, and specifically the free exercise leg of the case. Animus played a starring role. Animus mattered…
Courts Have No Business Determining the “True” Requirements of Any Religion
Click here to view full article at mosaicmagazine.com Writing for the majority in the Supreme Court’s ruling on the case of the Christian baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding, Justice Anthony Kennedy noted that “it hardly requires restating that government has no role in deciding…
The Arizona Case That’s Proving the Colorado Baker ‘Victory’ Didn’t Solve Anything
Click here to view full article at www1.cbn.com Many religious liberty advocates were thrilled with last week’s Supreme Court ruling which seemingly vindicated a Colorado baker who declined to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, citing his Christian beliefs. A recent decision by an Arizona appellate court, however,…
SCOTUS Rules for Baker, Waiting-Time Penalties, the “Epic” Effect, New Salary History Bans: Employment Law This Week: June 11, 2018
Click here to view full article at www.natlawreview.com GroPro 20/20 Big Ideas for Law Firm & Accounting Firm CMO Sales & Marketing Pros– June 13 NYC 1. SCOTUS Rules for Christian Colorado Baker Our top story: On narrow grounds, the Supreme Court of the United States has found in favor…
Public university lets Quidditch Club choose its own leaders but not Christian group: lawsuit
Click here to view full article at www.thecollegefix.com ‘Change of position wasn’t a change of heart’ InterVarsity is making “second-class citizens” out of Wayne State University students by not letting non-Christians run for leadership posts in the Christian campus organization, according to the public university. It’s trying to get a…
We need a Supreme Court decision defending religious liberty. The Cakeshop case wasn’t it.
Click here to view full article at www.jta.org A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2017. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON ( JTA ) — The Supreme Court’s much-anticipated decision in the case of the Colorado baker who was penalized because he refused, on religious…
We need a Supreme Court decision defending religious liberty. The Cakeshop case wasn’t it.
Click here to view full article at www.jta.org A view of the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., Dec. 4, 2017. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON ( JTA ) — The Supreme Court’s much-anticipated decision in the case of the Colorado baker who was penalized because he refused, on religious…
Lange: Six takeaways from Masterpiece Cakeshop decision
Click here to view full article at www.wyomingnews.com On Monday, June 4, the United States Supreme Court vindicated Jack Phillips, proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop. For nearly six years, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission has been preventing him from creating wedding cakes, 40 percent of his business. His crime, according to…
Lange: Six takeaways from Masterpiece Cakeshop decision
Click here to view full article at www.wyomingnews.com On Monday, June 4, the United States Supreme Court vindicated Jack Phillips, proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop. For nearly six years, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission has been preventing him from creating wedding cakes, 40 percent of his business. His crime, according to…
Free exercise of religion baked into our Constitution
Click here to view full article at www.capecodtimes.com The Supreme Court made an important ruling this week, and like the cases involving Hobby Lobby and the Little Sisters of the Poor, it involved the rights of religious conscience and the ability to uphold personal values in the workplace and marketplace.…
SCOTUS Gay Marriage Decision Rests on Antireligious Rhetoric
Click here to view full article at www.bu.edu LAW’s Linda McClain says that while the Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado baker needn’t service a gay wedding, the opinion also included important statements about the legitimacy of state antidiscrimination law protecting civil rights. Photo credit: isitsharp/iStock Supreme Court Justice Anthony…
Supreme Court scolds Commission for hostility toward religion
Click here to view full article at www.koaa.com FILE – In this March 10, 2014, file photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. COLORADO SPRINGS – In a 7-2 decision, the United States Supreme Court Monday ruled in favor of a Colorado…
Some Reflections on Animus and “Adjudicatory Bodies”
Click here to view full article at lawandreligionforum.org Another slightly longer thought on the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision. Many were interested to see how the role of “animus” might affect the outcome in the case, and specifically the free exercise leg of the case. Animus played a starring role. Animus mattered…
Gay Americans Have Little to Fear From the Supreme Court’s Compromise in Masterpiece Cakeshop
Click here to view full article at slate.com Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins embrace outside the US Supreme Court as Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is heard on December 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. Like a good wedding cake, the Supreme Court’s 7–2 decision on Monday in Masterpiece…
Gay Americans Have Little to Fear From the Supreme Court’s Compromise in Masterpiece Cakeshop
Click here to view full article at slate.com Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins embrace outside the US Supreme Court as Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is heard on December 5, 2017 in Washington, DC. Like a good wedding cake, the Supreme Court’s 7–2 decision on Monday in Masterpiece…
Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake
Click here to view full article at finance.yahoo.com FILE – In this March 10, 2014, file photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. The Supreme Court is setting aside a Colorado court ruling against a baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake…
U.S. Supreme Court backs Christian baker who spurned gay couple
Click here to view full article at in.reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory on narrow grounds to a Colorado Christian baker who refused for religious reasons to make a wedding cake for a gay couple, stopping short of setting a major precedent allowing…
Supreme Court rules on narrow grounds for baker who refused to create same-sex couple’s wedding cake
Click here to view full article at www.kiiitv.com Colorado "cake artist" Jack Phillips asked the Supreme Court for the right to refuse creating a wedding cake for a gay couple’s celebration. WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court on Monday absolved a Colorado baker of discrimination for refusing to create a…
Breaking news: SCOTUS rules in favour of Masterpiece Cakeshop
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. is a Colorado bakery owned and operated by Jack Phillips, an expert baker and devout Christian. On 4 June, in Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd et al v Colorado Civil Rights Commission et al 584 U. S. ____ (2018) 3 ,…
Supreme Court Sides With Baker Who Turned Away Gay Couple
Click here to view full article at www.nytimes.com Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, exits the Supreme Court in December. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker on Monday in a closely watched case pitting gay rights against claims of religious freedom. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing…
Readers’ recent queries and comments – early June
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
Readers’ recent queries and comments – early June
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com More answers to readers’ queries and comments Below is a further compilation of “Quick Answers” to questions which have arisen from searches of, or comments during the past couple of weeks, providing links to our blog posts addressing these issues. As before,…
May a Roman Catholic hospital dismiss a Roman Catholic employee for divorce and remarriage?: IR v JQ
Click here to view full article at www.lawandreligionuk.com Advocate General Wathelet has issued his Opinion in IR (Social policy – Occupational activities of churches – Opinion) [2018] EUECJ C-68/17 O . The facts The Roman Catholic Church in Germany requires that Church managerial employees such as doctors who are Heads…
Appeals Court Upholds ‘In God We Trust’ On US Currency
Click here to view full article at dailycaller.com An American 20 dollar bill note. (YouTube screenshot/NowThis World) A three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that the federal government can lawfully print “In God We Trust” on U.S. currency. Though the result is a victory…
EU court defends Catholic doctor’s right to divorce
Click here to view full article at www.irishtimes.com German hospital not entitled to fire surgeon who divorced and remarried in a civil ceremony The complainant, named as JQ, was head of the Internal Medicine Department of a Catholic hospital in Düsseldorf. A Catholic hospital in Germany was not entitled to…