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
Is a really important aspect in life like if you dont have a college degree, you really cant do anything. Reporter here at California State University east bay in hayward they do have a higher acceptance rate and i might add that a number of the students that we interviewed today were from southern california. Latest budget in hayward, juliette goodrich, kpix5. Cal state faculty says governor browns latest budget doesnt help the situation much. Heres how it breaks down. Funding to the uc and cal state systems will go up by 3 which faculty claims should be higher. 570million will go to community colleges. 100million will also be used to create the states first Online Community college. 3billion will go to elementary and high schools. Overall the governors budget proposes nearly 132 billion in spending. That includes a surplus of over 6 billion. Much of that is set to go into the states rainy day fund. Governor brown believes a recession could be right around the corner. Whats out there
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