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Report: LGBTQ Americans tend to be younger and have no religion
By Bob Smietana — March 23, 2023
(RNS) — The new report from PRRI also found that many religious Americans support LGBTQ nondiscrimination rights, even those who oppose same sex-marriage.
Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
By Colleen Slevin — January 27, 2023
DENVER (AP) — Jack Phillips maintains the cakes he creates are a form of speech and plans to appeal.
Baker fined for refusing to make transgender transition cake
By Colleen Slevin — June 17, 2021
DENVER (AP) — While Jack Phillips said he could not make the cake because of its message, the judge said the case was about a refusal to sell a product, not compelled speech.
Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias
By Colleen Slevin — March 23, 2021
DENVER (AP) — This time involving a birthday cake for a transgender woman who requested a cake that was blue on the outside and pink on the inside in honor of her gender transition.
The end of the Masterpiece Cakeshop case comes with a whimper
By Mark Silk — March 13, 2019
(RNS) — The door is still open to a decision that would force bakers to provide cakes for same-sex nuptials if they want to stay in business.
Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake
By Kathleen Foody — March 7, 2019
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on religious grounds and state officials said Tuesday that they would end a separate legal fight over his refusal to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.
Colorado baker who refused to make cake for gays sues again
By Yonat Shimron — August 15, 2018
DENVER (AP) — Lawyers for Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips allege in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday (Aug. 14) that Colorado is on a "crusade to crush" Phillips because of his religious beliefs.
Poll suggests religious freedom push is having an effect
By Yonat Shimron — August 6, 2018
(RNS) — Businesses owned by religious families are refusing to provide services to LGBT couples. Nearly a majority of Americans say that's OK.
Seeing threat to religious freedom, Jeff Sessions announces special task force
By Yonat Shimron — July 30, 2018
(RNS) — Sessions said the task force was needed because a dangerous movement was 'eroding our great tradition of religious freedom.'
The lessons of the Masterpiece Cakeshop case
By Mark Silk — June 6, 2018
(RNS) — For culture warriors on both ends of the spectrum.
On the cake case, David Brooks gets it wrong
By Gene Robinson — December 7, 2017
(RNS) The most egregious assertion Brooks made is that 'it’s just a cake. It’s not like they were being denied a home or a job, or a wedding.'
Saving the First Amendment from extinction
By Joyce S. Dubensky — December 6, 2017
(RNS) — A win by baker Jack Phillips would begin the unraveling of our anti-discrimination laws, leaving people of all faiths — including Christians — at risk.
A Muslim perspective on the Masterpiece Cakeshop case
By Ilhan Cagri — December 6, 2017
(RNS) — Islam does not permit one to discriminate in providing services to individuals because they believe or behave in a way counter to one's understanding of Islamic teachings.
Christian bakers? Atheist bakers? Cake meets faith at the Supreme Court
By Lauren Markoe — December 5, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — As usual, Justice Anthony Kennedy appeared to be the up-for-grabs justice, offering each side reason for hope.
Supreme Court cake case laced with clashing ideas of religious liberty
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — December 4, 2017
'We can’t take for granted what ‘religious freedom’ is and what it protects,' says Tisa Wenger, an associate professor of American religious history at Yale.
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