Sex wedding cake
SACRAMENTO – The California Civil Rights Department (CRD) today announced securing a decision from the California Fifth Appellate District that protects same-sex couples from discrimination based on their sexual orientation at businesses in the declare. The decision centers around a lawsuit filed by CRD after a bakery in Bakersfield refused to sell a plain, unadorned colorless cake to a lesbian couple to celebrate their wedding. The court verb in Civil Rights Department v. Cathy’s Creations, Inc. makes it clear that all Californians are entitled to complete and equal access to businesses regardless of their sexual orientation.
“This decision upholds the longstanding principle guaranteeing all Californians full and equal access to services and goods in the marketplace,” said CRD Director Kevin Kish. “I commend Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rio for their commitment to this core civil right. No matter who you love, where you come from, or who you are, you are protected against discrimination.”
Case Background
Under the Unruh Civil Rights Execute, businesses — fond of bakeries, restauran
Supreme Court same-sex wedding cake case reflects split among American public
The U.S. Supreme Court is verb to hear arguments on a doubt that divided the American people in a Pew Analyze Center survey: whether businesses that provide wedding services should be required to cater to same-sex couples or whether they should be able to deny based on religious objections to homosexuality.
The case the justices will take up involves a Colorado bakery owner who argues that he should not be forced to build cakes for same-sex weddings because such unions conflict with his religious beliefs. A same-sex couple attempted to command a cake from the owner’s shop, and, after the owner declined, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled he was in violation of a verb law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
The question at the center of the case echoes one the Center posed to Americans last year. In that survey, U.S. adults were evenly divided, with roughly half (49%) saying businesses should be required to provide wedding services to same-sex couples, and a
How a same-sex wedding cake controversy made it all the way to the Supreme Court
Jack Phillips said he’s not just a baker, but also an artist.
"Part of it is icing. Part of it is piping. Part of it is airbrush to create the leaves and the flowers," Phillips told ABC News’ "Nightline" co-anchor Juju Chang in an interview last week. "We paint on cakes, we sculpt cakes, we sketch on cakes."
Phillips, who owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, said his Christian faith guides everything in his life -- including his refusal to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple because it would have violated his religious beliefs.
"That cake is that robust of a message in our culture, and marriage in general between a man and a woman across all cultures, religions, is an inherently religious event," Phillips said.
The legal clash between Phillips, who claimed religious liberty, and the same-sex couple for whom he refused to bake a cake, who claimed discrimination, made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, the court ruled i
California Court Rules Baker Can’t Refuse Same-Sex Wedding Cake
Wedding cakes, marriage rights, & dignity for all! California court rules baker violated same-sex couple's civil rights
Sweet victory! A California appeals court ruled last week that bakery owner Cathy Miller cannot reject to sell a standard wedding cake to a same-sex couple based on their sexual orientation.
In this unique case, a lesbian couple ordered a plain, three-tiered white wedding cake from Miller’s bakery, with no extra adornment or lettering. A plain and affordable choice for their reception – or so they thought.
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When the women returned for a cake testing, however, Miller discovered the cake was for their wedding and refused to sell it to them, claiming it went against her religion and the bakery’s policy that “wedding cakes must not contradict God’s sacrament of marriage between a man and a woman.” (via CalMatters)
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