Monday, June 4, 2018

Is the cake SCOTUS baked narrow—or deep?

Everyone’s saying today’s Supreme Court ruling  is a “narrow ruling”. It was 7-2 but they mean narrow in impact, tailored to the circumstances in Colorado’s egregious treatment of this baker.

But as I read it (not being a lawyer) they’re pretty clearly saying that if the state tells a Christian baker he has to bake a pro-same sex marriage cake for a customer, then that state must also tell a pro-same sex marriage baker he has to bake an anti-same-sex-marriage cake for a customer. That sounds significant to me.

It makes me want to go find a foofoo bakery and order an anti-same-sex-marriage cake, just to see what they do; and report them to authorities if they refuse. Hopefully folks are thinking the same thing in all fifty states.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_new_d1of.pdf

One of these day Ginsberg will leave the Court, and the next ruling on an issue like this is likely to give clearer direction.

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