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Supreme Court sounds skeptical of Colorado baker's refusal to make a wedding cake for gay couple
It looks interesting, it's not exactly what I expected. There's lots of tough questions. Justice Kennedy agrees that Colorado's statute shows bias against religion which isn't acceptable in a pluralist society, but he's still concerned about the implications for human dignity by allowing establishments to refuse to serve gays. Several justices are skeptical of the notion that baking a cake is a speech act.
Kennedy is going to find human dignity a persuasive reason to judge in favor of Colorado. It does not surprise me that as a Catholic that is what gives him pause. That was also a principle he emphasized in Obergefell. What the rest of the court judges, I don't know.
It looks interesting, it's not exactly what I expected. There's lots of tough questions. Justice Kennedy agrees that Colorado's statute shows bias against religion which isn't acceptable in a pluralist society, but he's still concerned about the implications for human dignity by allowing establishments to refuse to serve gays. Several justices are skeptical of the notion that baking a cake is a speech act.
Kennedy is going to find human dignity a persuasive reason to judge in favor of Colorado. It does not surprise me that as a Catholic that is what gives him pause. That was also a principle he emphasized in Obergefell. What the rest of the court judges, I don't know.
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