among the liberal justices on the court and justice kennedy asking well, you re a baker, what about a makeup artist? you know, what about a chef? couldn t a chef claim that same exemption based on free speech grounds? what is his stronger argument? i think it is the free exercise of religion and the fact this is not a neutral applicable law. what do you mean by that? well, basically the state has said that, for instance, a baker three bakers were allowed to refuse their services to religious customer who wanted to bake a cake that criticized same sex marriage. they didn t accuse those people of discrimination, but they accused phillips right, they are trying to outlaw speech that they disagree with their dislikes. one of the most fundamental notions in american law is if you re applying a law, it needs to be applied neutrally. that is to everybody. well, that s right. and one of those fundamental ideas is that there are certain basic protections inside the
the court and justice kennedy asking well, you re a baker, what about a makeup artist? you know, what about a chef? couldn t a chef claim that same exemption based on free speech grounds? what is his stronger argument? i think it is the free exercise of religion and the fact this is not a neutral applicable law. what do you mean by that? well, basically the state has said that, for instance, a baker three bakers were allowed to refuse their services to religious customer who wanted to bake a cake that criticized same sex marriage. they didn t accuse those people of discrimination, but they accused phillips right, they are trying to outlaw speech that they disagree with their dislikes. one of the most fundamental notions in american law is if you re applying a law, it needs to be applied neutrally. that is to everybody. well, that s right. and one of those fundamental ideas is that there are certain basic protections inside the constitution, regarding freedom