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
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Live from center city in philadelphia, this is fox 29 news at 11 00. Breaking news in west philadelphia. A person shot at a store on the 6100 block of market street. That person is getting medical treatment, but is not cooperating with police. So theyre investigating whether that person was trying to rob the store when a gun went off. Store employee fired that gun by the way. Well bring you more as more details come in. Dramatic video of a guy swinging a knife as he stormed through Convenience Store in upper dash beach robber did whatever it took to get what he wanted was cold hard cash. Thanks for joining us at 11 00, im lucy noland. What happens next in this story is plain ugly. Dave schratwieser is live in upper darby. Dave . Reporter lucy police say the suspect was wearing muslim clothing a hoodie and a mask when he held up two stores here in four days in upper darby. He got away around 700 bucks and left store employees terrified. Very violent. Reporter jiminez was spor sporting a
Conflict zones across north africa and the middle east could start to head towards europe. I was at a briefing with the American Embassy this morning with the Major General rupertjones, the this morning with the Major General rupert jones, the deputy this morning with the Major General rupertjones, the Deputy Commander of the Coalition Infighting isis in iraq and syria and he was trying to offer reassurance that foreign fighters, british, european, north african fighters in syria, they are so african fighters in syria, they are so intent on saving their own lives in that region, they are not focusing on coming back to europe and launching attacks. Is there a moral case britain has to answer because of the situation in libya and the intervention of us and the french to topple colonel gaddafi . The crisis in libya was not resolved. When David Cameron went in there he thought it would be and we have made it in some ways worse. They call for brussels to police the border and sometimes you