It was in 1849 that welch pioneers came to the valley and they sang in harmony and welch. They decided you need to be the nucleus. It started in 1849. They used to sing in the tabernacle. When that was too small they started building this particular building which was in the late 1860s. It was completed at the end of the civil war. The tabernacle here has been the home of the choir ever since. As we had voisitors come one of the things they first noticed is the organ. It is right there and has been accompanying since the organ was put in. It has been around even longer. This is older than the temple itself. The oldest thing inside is this organ case. These gold pipes next to me here have looked down on decades and decades of history. So a lot of history in this organ case and in the building. The soupd of the tabernacle organist is really unique. This ceiling does a remarkable ceils of projecting the soupd no the back of the room. It is like a warm bath when you hear this organ play. W
As with all of his customers, phillip said no problem with selling the couple anything off the shelf, but he declined to make a custom made cake to celebrate the couples wedding. Citing his religious convictions. He was willing to direct them to nearby bakeries and would design a cake as he had done with others. Unsatisfied, craig and mullins filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission alleged that phillips had violated the colorado antidiscrimination act. Finding in their favor, the commission ordered phillips, among other things torques things to conduct comprehensive test training including Family Members who worked at the bakery. After supporters of craig and mullins picketed the bakery, phillips lost 40 of his business and most of his employees. He appealed the commissions decision, like courts around the country that have decided similar cases, with respect to florists, bakers, photographers, and others, colorados court of appeals upheld the commission and the Col
Would like to purchase it for the celebration of our marriage. The colorado law would prohibit that but you claim that you are entitled to an exception . Absolutely not. The compelled speech doctrine is triggered by compelled speech and in the context of a premade cake, that is not compelled speech. Mr. Phillips is happy to sell anything in his store. Didnt he express himself when he made it . Yes. He did express himself when he made it. The purpose for which he expressed it is important to the compelled speech doctrine and how it applies. Can i get the answer . If you agree, why can he not refuse to sell the cake in the window according to the hypothetical . It has already been placed in the stream of commerce. His speech has been completed. He intended to speak through the cake with the purpose of whatever it was when he created it. When he has a different purpose and is expressing a message through the cake, it would render a different result. Didnt he refused to sell cupcakes that
Angeles included discussions about discrimination against religious minorities and overcoming racism. This part of the event is an hour and 15 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Were going to move right into our second discussion. The second discussion is entitled rethinking religious freedom. Im going to very quickly introduce our fellow panelists, discussion errors. Asifa quraishilandes, professor of law and a research [inaudible] focuses on the constitutionalism [inaudible] and nathan walker, 1791 delegates and its an Organization Made up of legal scholars and practitioners who help companies, educational institutions, nonprofits do with issues of religious liberty, religious literacy and education. So from there im just going to jump right in and i will start with nate. Could you walk us through just a brief history of religious liberty in the United States . Waited come from . What are what we sing today in f an almost redefinition of religious liberty be
Quite often, most of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who stuck together because they believed in the rule of law. Cspan and the National Constitution Center Welcome you to the landmark cases. We explore the people and stories behind some of the Supreme Courts most famous decisions. Tonight you will be learning more about the dred scott decision. Let me introduce you about the two guests about the history. A professor and coeditor of a book of the dred scott case. Welcome to our program. Thank you for having me. Martha jones is from the university of michigan and the chair of the Africanamerican Studies Program at the law school. They can for having me. Blacks, whether free or slaves werent citizens of the United States. And they limited the spread of sliverry and saying congress didnt have the authority. So