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But that may not be the end of the legal journey for the two women, the state civil rights officials who supported them and the conservative groups representing the bakery owner. Eric Bradshaw ruled in that Miller had been motivated by her religious beliefs, not by malice or discrimination, and that she was protected by the constitutional right to free speech.

Story by Bob Egelko. Still on the horizon is the U. Supreme Court, which, in two cases sincehas allowed a cake shop and a web designer to refuse service to same-sex couples. But the California appeals court said the Bakersfield case was different — there was no evidence of hostility or unfair treatment of Miller by state officials, and the cake the Rodriguez-Del Rios had ordered was a simple white pastry with no decorations, unlike the creative web design in the Colorado case.

A Colorado baker who had won a narrow U.S. Supreme Court victory over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on Thursday lost his appeal of a ruling in a separate case that he. The case began when newlyweds Mireya and Eileen Rodriguez-Del Rio went to the Tastries bakeshop and were told by a clerk that a cake would be prepared for them.

But when they returned nine days later they met Miller, who told them she would not make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Elenis, also from Colorado, the Supreme Court said a website designer with religious objections to same-sex marriage would not have to design a website for a same-sex couple because that would violate her freedom of expression.

The case dismissed Tuesday drew attention from numerous attorneys general from Republican-led states who submitted a joint brief in support of Phillips. The gay couple at the center of a lawsuit against a conservative Christian baker who refused to sell them a wedding cake slammed the U.S.

Supreme Court for putting a dent in LGBTQ rights on Friday.

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The case dealt with Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery in Lakewood, Colorado, which refused to design a custom wedding cake for a gay couple based on the owner's religious beliefs. In an opinion piece for USA Today, Charlie Craig and David Mullins reflected on the new decision five.

Jack Phillips, the baker at the center of a Supreme Court ruling that he cannot be forced to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, said Tuesday that he doesn’t “discriminate” against anybody. The California Civil Rights Department sued on behalf of the two women.

And in the case of Creative v. Miller asked the California Supreme Court to review and overturn the ruling. She referred them to another local bakery, but the couple said they had already been there and found that its cake was too sweet for them and was unhealthful for two of their parents, who were diabetic.

But on Wednesday, the court denied review, with no indication of any dissents among the seven justices. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission evaluated the case under the state's anti-discrimination law, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. InPhillips scored a partial victory before the U.S.

Supreme Court after refusing to bake a cake for a gay couple’s wedding. One case she cited was a Supreme Court ruling opposed by LGBT advocates, the unanimous decision allowing a privately organized St. The high court said in that case that the parade organizers had the right to choose their own message.