The United States Supreme Court is hearing a case from 2011, wherein the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop would not make a wedding cake for two men, as he did not support same-sex marriage under his religious beliefs. He was sued in State Court by the couple as this went against Colorado’s Civil Rights legislation where it puts that denying service to LGBT people because of that reason is discrimination. It is now being heard in the Supreme Court as a First Amendment issue. Under the practice clause stating free practice of religion, as saying that as he was practicing his religion it is not discrimination. If the SCOTUS (supreme court of the United States) rules alongside the Cakeshop this would greatly decrease LGBT rights and would increase discrimination.
Masterpiece Cakeshop Supreme Court Case
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