Case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado civil rights commission. The case arose when Charlie Craig and david mullins, a gay cupple who walked tomorrow when Masterpiece Cakeshop in lakewood, colorado, owned and operated by Jack Phillips, a devout christian. 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 conduct comprehensive staff things, to conduct comprehensive staff training including his family members who worked at the bakery. After supporters of craig and mullins picketed the
Good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. I am the Vice President for legal affairs. Thethe Founding Member of Constitution Center founder of the Founding Member of the center for constitutional studies. Your host for this afternoons debate. I want to welcome also the people who are joining us through cspan and through catos live streaming. Were here to consider whether religious liberty can coexist alongside modern antidiscrimination law. Thats the question the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on tomorrow when it hears the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado civil rights commission. The case arose when Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a gay couple who walked into the Masterpiece Cakeshop in lakewood, colorado, owned and operated by Jack Phillips, a devout christian. As with all of his customers, phillip said no problem with phillips had no problem with selling the couple anything off the shelf, but he declined to make a custom made cake to celebrate the couples wedding
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
And i might not be here tonight if ann had not made a different decision careerwise than she made. When i was at the institute for justice many of you probably know that ann was a lawyer before she became the celebrity and commentator that she is today. And she applied for a position at the institute for justice. We offered her a position working as an attorney for i. J. And she turned us down. And the reason she turned us down was that washington d. C. Had adopted an antismoking ordinance and she was wondering where the heck she would be smoking her cigarettes. They would not be at her office unfortunately for her. Subsequently we hired a different lawyer and that lawyer and i organized a group of parents in southcentral los angeles to fight for school choice, to file a lawsuit arguing that the quality of education in southcentral los angeles was so appalling that it violated your state constitutions guarantee of a high quality education. They sought a voucher remedy, that essentially
Applause for ann coulter. I thought i would begin with a brief anecdote about ann who ive known for many, many years. And i might not be here tonight if ann had not made a different decision careerwise than she made. When i was at the institute for justice many of you probably know that ann was a lawyer before she became the celebrity and commentator that she is today. And she applied for a position at the institute for justice. We offered her a position working as an attorney for i. J. And she turned us down. And the reason she turned us down was that washington d. C. Had adopted an antismoking ordinance and she was wondering where the heck she would be smoking her cigarettes. They would not be at her office unfortunately for her. Subsequently we hired a different lawyer and that lawyer and i organized a group of parents in southcentral los angeles to fight for school choice, to file a lawsuit arguing that the quality of education in southcentral los angeles was so appalling that it v