Supreme Court Gives Victory To Baker Who Refused To Make Cake For Same-Wedding | NBC Nightly News

The U.S. Supreme Court gave a boost to advocates of religious freedom on Monday, narrowly ruling that a Colorado baker cannot be forced to make a cake for a same-wedding.
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Supreme Court Gives Victory To Baker Who Refused To Make Cake For Same-Wedding | NBC Nightly News

[@beverlyford4541]

It's a free country if he don't want to make a cake in his shop then why should he . This was a stupid waist of time .

[@majorragersp2314]

Agreed

[@rowdysmoke1466]

God bless the baker for standing up for what was right.

[@ahmetmamut9386]

God blessed him so much, so he is on " go fund me" now...

[@calebleung9]

John Whirling I'm actually 100% fine with shops posting no Christians allowed. Just don't cry when you run out of business considering how many Christians are in America right now.

[@nel2408]

God bless the baker.. for never giving up on his Christian faith

[@rybojames4111]

It should not be so hard to understand. Groups such as the LGBT community can not force people to participate in their ceremonies. Simple as that. Genuinely held religious beliefs are not to be discriminated against. Seems to me the courts ruled correctly, not providing any basis for discrimination towards either side.

[@matthewhamilton7128]

Rybo Culbreth guess u could say the same about all these made up religions

[@rybojames4111]

Christianity does not force you to participate in it. In fact, it is taught that Christians should bless those that curse them and persecute them. We should refrain from participating in things displeasing to God. It is not always easy to do, but it is a journey worth undertaking. Many educated people prefer to worship other things, though they do not see it as such. I worship at the altar of Christ, not the altar of political correctness, globalism, or liberal socialism. God bless you all and have a blessed evening/day.

[@rybojames4111]

Dear lady, my purpose is not to win. No church and no religion will do the winning, only Jesus Christ himself can do that after this world experiences many tribulations. God's approval is greater than the approval of men or women. God loves all people, and only abhors the sins we commit. Knowing who or what you follow is not always easy. Some people worship their own good deeds, whilst looking for the adulation or acceptance of the people that see them. God gave us his Word to follow, and it never fails, never lies. We may let God down, but he will never let us down. God bless

[@rybojames4111]

Ms. Jessica, I have many flaws and I may not be able to be the one to convince you, I only invite you to read the Bible with an open mind and heart. The Bible and my personal testimony is my only proof. Your words have more weight than you may realize. I bid you farewell, and I pray you have a change of heart. God bless

[@CRAZYGUNDAMOTAKU]

*+Citizen 1* Yes weddings are religious ceremonies and many treat them seriously as such and some don't.

[@evenjsteven9014]

Third choice: Open your own Gaykery. 😨

[@lifeisstrange6723]

Even JSteven but everyone should be allowed to buy what they want anywhere

[@evenjsteven9014]

Life is Strange try buying a handgun in Chicago.

[@kalpanam.lepcha967]

Hahahaaaa.... you nailed it.

[@JoeSchmo-u1d]

@@lifeisstrange6723 WRONG.

[@truth959]

I'm glad that the religious discrimination going on in this country is finally being noticed. You can't just protect and promote lgbt and bash other groups. America is the land of the free. Your free to be lgbt, but also free not participate in any way, shape or form if you don't want to. Why didn't the couple just go to another bakery?

[@55k3v1n]

You're the bigot forcing all to agree with your wickedness or be deemed a homophobe.

[@midnightsun24c7]

Jack, in his private capacity, isn't being forced to do anything. Nobody is knocking on people's doors making things happen. It is all about the rights of businesses to to express free speech through their services. Are businesses deserving of the same rights as people?

[@mrtimjitsu]

Does one person have a right to the labor and services of another person? That is the real argument that needs to be made

[@jonmh9668]

mrtimjitsu I would think, imo, if it conflicts with your way of life, youd have an obligation to provide service. If it conflicts with your religion or race, no , because ultimately you don't choose your race, and that has a HUGE effect on your religion. However even if one says they are homosexual by birth, that doesn't mean they have to live that way unless they choose to. So its harsh to say it but in reality race>religion(even athiest)>sexual orientation. And that goes for all people, meaning black would have to serve white even if he doesn't like them.

[@jayrod171]

Excellent decision. We need to bring back family values.

[@kubush]

Jay Rod Discrimination is family values? Wtf?

[@jayrod171]

kubush if he is discriminating on something he disagrees with that is logical and goes back thousands of years and didn't just randomly make up.then yes, I'm ok with that.

[@aaronm1855]

This isn't discrimination, this is called due justice. God bless

[@bluecrossings5942]

If it's for you and people like you we would have seen the cells filled with LGBT people. Though liberalism now has become a burden on this nation, it's still better that there are people who can stand in front of your bigotry and religious craziness.

[@michellerotsheck3686]

In the public square, tolerance is a two way street.

[@midnightsun24c7]

One is a personal supernatural belief and the other is an immutable characteristic of a human being. Love is love. This is a secular issue about business. Jack can do and think whatever he wants in his own time but his cake shop cant.

[@yeelanma9165]

@@midnightsun24c7 his cake shop is his and he owns it not some henetic dead end

[@midnightsun24c7]

@@yeelanma9165 American businesses can be privately owned but are not as privately discretionary as your own home. You can't on paper openly discriminate. You are open to the public. You conduct business. You employ people.

[@yeelanma9165]

@@midnightsun24c7 there is no law like that its ur private property its ur rule dimple deal with it

[@cdm386]

leave the man alone

[@andme9408]

My vote wasnt for trump, but the Supreme court 💪

[@fernandocuriel124]

And Me SAME HERE. By the way I’m a Hispanic Christian that knew the consequences of the presidential election will have to the Supreme Court.

[@johnzabik270]

And Me Trump 2020 spread the fever

[@032682BF]

I vote for neither party because both are terrible but the court did the right thing here.

[@youngkappakhan]

Curious, why do these situations always have to escalate into a lawsuit? Literally just go to someone else's business, problem solved

[@delgado2010]

7 to 2 is not "narrowly ruling", NBC News!

[@Luckyhearts]

narrow in the scope of the ruling, not narrow in vote

[@delgado2010]

Nathan Wright, thank you for the clarification.

[@pinkfloydssoul]

Just go buy a cake somewhere else and stop the victim role. His cake, his freedom.

[@michaellinz2433]

God is real support this bakery🙏

[@harrierr628]

This is a win of freedom of speech, right and freedom of religion.

[@johnmillard2931]

Thank you Supreme Court

[@ubiquitousdiabolus]

It doesn't matter if you are religious or not. You don't get to force somebody to perform a service.

[@nattyk672]

You want go hot-dog to hot-dog ? Then do it but don't make noise around yourself and try convince normal people to cheer you !

[@blakemrolfsensanchez547]

You are the dumbest woman alive.

[@allanmunisi1507]

God bless the baker as He stood firm for what He believes. Kudos Phillip

[@JSamIam]

massive lib spin there

[@eponz4354]

Good for him. That’s his belief. You can’t force someone to believe something they don’t. Shame on those to men.

[@shawnladue8986]

Freedom: 1 LGBTQMCSquared Alphabet gang: 0

[@timothyclyne]

Alphabet Inc. Owns Google and KZbin "Alphabet Intelligence Agency" Food for thought

[@kingmufasa8929]

Amen Amen! Cannot go against GOD!!!

[@atrainc24]

My muslim butcher won't sell me bacon. Let's take them to court. The court ruled correctly.

[@Luckyhearts]

that's a terribly stupid analogy

[@Luckyhearts]

SgtBaker16 it's dumb because a Muslim butcher (if there ever are some) wouldn't offer bacon to begin with. This guy did offer wedding cakes but only to "traditional" couples. That's blatant discrimination and it's the reason he doesn't offer wedding cakes anymore. He stopped offering so that the Supreme Court would rule in his favor. Nice try tho, try using logic next time ;)

[@atrainc24]

Taking this to court at all was stupid. You can't force tolerance. If they can't tolerate a Christian business owners choices, their choices need not be tolerated either. They could have been adults about it. (This is about where the name calling starts,folks.)

[@Luckyhearts]

Atrain Sure, but there's a difference between tolerance and discrimination, and it seems we're going to need to legally address that in the coming years. As I understand it, the Supreme Court didn't say that business owners can retract services offered based on their beliefs, as that would be discrimination much like Jim Crowe laws were discriminatory towards black people.

[@jonmh9668]

Nathan Wright I think he stopped more so to drop the heat. The SC already knew he did this cakes so suddenly not doing them wouldn't change their ruling. Point is he offered them service up to participating in something he didn't believe in. Whether or not you agree it definitely wasn't as black and white as he denying them service. Also stop comparing this to Jim crow. It's been begged countless times and its insulting and not at all the same. Religions don't tell you to hate brown people unless it's one someone made up with an agenda.

[@garrettstephens3081]

You can’t force a person to do what they don’t believe. That is what this country was built one

[@texasforever6167]

common sense 1 liberals 0. moonbat meltdown in 3...2...1....

[@kubush]

texas forever You have no common sense.

[@juggernaut34]

Try the Muslim bakeries...

[@raquelruiz5696]

Idk the person personally more of an acquaintance, as I only met her a couple of times. She lives in Colorado and has been to this baker many times. She said he's a very man and when she wanted a bachelorette cake for our mutual friend. He kindly declined because of the sexual innuendos. So she just thanked him and left. End of story

[@minettesv1205]

I am all for equality. If people are racist, or rude or demeaning then yes, we can be offense and we have to fight for our rights. But if the person is polite and he is explaining why he is doing something, because of his strong religious conviction, then he has the right for that as well. His rights should also been respected. Now a days instead of us accepting that sometimes we just have different views, beliefs and opinion, we just automatically get offended and angry.

[@seanmambridge]

Owners and company's should have the right to serve who they want where's the freedom

[@tonydavid7950]

SCOTUS didn't "side" with the Baker. They basically threw the case out because of perceived lack of impartiality by the CO commission and appeals court. Doesn't apply to any other similar issue going through the courts.

[@olivia15073]

Yeah, but they proved hostility by the Colorado courts towards the man’s religious beliefs. I don’t see a big leap there from the way the Colorado courts treated the guy and the way the Colorado couple treated the guy.

[@tonydavid7950]

olivia15073 huge difference....CO commission and courts are supposed to be impartial...the SCOTUS ruling was very specific that a lack of apparent impartiality was the cause of their decision, and SCOTUS wrote explicitly they weren't deciding the core contention as a general finding that would apply across the board in these cases. The CO case never got that far with SCOTUS' consideration because the apparent bias by the commission and appeals court negated a fair determination in this instance alone ....hence the outcome.

[@__-iv6kc]

Lmao LGBT still lost. And at the beginning of pride month.

[@tonydavid7950]

_ noteworthy yeah the baker gets away with it based on a technicality. You only scored a point. Game ain't over.

[@olivia15073]

Tony David...But just out of curiosity, if a Saudi Arab had walked into the same store with five of his wives and demanded a wedding cake, would you think the Arab had a right to sue the same baker for declining to make that cake as well? And before you say that that’s a far-fetched example, it’s not. As someone who is retired from a Saudi Arabian company, I can tell you that I worked with many polygamist Saudis who lived and worked here in Texas for years with all of their wives. We’re not talking about a practice that doesn’t happen anymore. It may not be performed legally in America, but if married legally overseas, it is recognized in the states.

[@evenjsteven9014]

Two choices: Find another bakery or go to the Supreme Court.

[@evenjsteven9014]

ihave35cents Nah...too easy! Just take it through the court system. Tie the courts up with this kind of BS.

[@oscartorres1306]

POWER TO THE PEOPLE🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Fred-s6q]

mean

[@timothyclyne]

We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone , unless you are offended by that. Darn it, I was going to make some coin off my placards, signs and t-shirts

[@ronhomolka1796]

We need to balance people's religious rights and other beliefs. We all need to live together not love each other but respect all our differences.

[@2804Freedom]

Good! Get you cake somewhere else.

[@AHImusic]

I've read and studied the bible front to back several times and I can't find the chapter that talks about cakes. Idk, I'm not saying he should or shouldn't have made the cake but I find it odd what we as people get precious about.

[@ajmarais2762]

Well said my man, right on!!!

[@MarcusP52]

I don't claim to have your biblical knowledge, but I recall there are lots of admonitions in the bible about associating with sinners. The Old Testament was REALLY hard core about that. When Jesus went to the homes of sinners, he was invited there as an honored teacher. He was not there to take part in their sinful revelry.

[@fernandocuriel124]

MP Anon I know what you’re trying to say about Jesus hanging around with sinners. But this case was about the government forcing the cake artist of doing something that he objects with as a Christian & a artist. Also the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was hostile to his religious beliefs.

[@onajitetaire]

Ah, you must be the dumb friend in the squad

[@fernandocuriel124]

Onajite Taire using the word DUMB is not a smart way to start a decent conversation with disagreements.

[@charlesf6247]

Good if I was a baker I would not serve Christians based on my religious beliefs lets see you handle that one

[@lightningbrigade257]

I wouldn't go into your bakery. And his business has tripled from all the support of his fellow peers.

[@charlesf6247]

Guess what he was put out business by the people of Colorado because his descisson was wrong and the people of Colorado backed up their law

[@jonmh9668]

I like how he was smart not to deny service. Good thinking by a genuinely good person. If I see white hoods and crosses at an establishment I think I'd try the place across the road :/

[@confirmhandle]

Those two gays should have been told to go pound cake ; )

[@fylink]

He just could make a nasty cake for them.

[@isaiahmarshall6488]

That is so messed up. They shouldn’t be judged because of people’s religious beliefs

[@aaronm1855]

This is amazing!! Great news! People do NOT have to choke on the liberal narrative. Good for Christians everywhere!

[@jasondenney8380]

Nice, well balanced, silly LGBT Community, if the business doesn't want to do business with you , MOVE ON, DONT MAKE THEM SPEND THEIR HARD EARNED MONEY DEFENDING THEIR RIGHT NOT TO SERVE YOU!!!! CALLED RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE

[@kubush]

My sincere religious convictions tell me that all conservatives supreme court judges should be assinated. I wonder if the supreme court will respect my religious beliefs? Disclaimer to the FBI: I don't really mean that. I'm just trying to make a point. Lol. Not trying to get arrested. 😂

LGBT community are behaving like NAZI's, forcing people to participate or embrace their life style. I care NOT what you do to with life but please STAY OUT OF MINE and my family. You have the freedom to live your life, please have the decency to allow others to live theirs. Or is this vocabulary beyond you? SELFISHNESS has no bound.

[@bluecrossings5942]

I'm just commenting here about the irony in some comments talking about intolerance hahahaha hahahaha ahahahaha ahah aha ahahaha.

[@Thundernymph]

People should have the right to refuse service. But they also have the responsibility to deal with the fallout. Passive bigotry may not be illegal and I don't think it should be illegal. It is deeply unethical and eventually a steep price will be paid.

[@johnzabik270]

Trump 2020 spread the fever

[@damnitjim4689]

He refused an entire group a service he offered the public.

[@Matt-lz1cq]

When you own a business you keep your beliefs to yourself. Your here to provide a service to the public, not let everyone know you are a bigot and homophobic. What if he had beliefs against a persons race or age. Its called intolerance, inequality, discrimination. I feel sorry for this man and pity anyone who takes this opportunity to post hateful comments.

[@jonmunch3298]

You should preach that to all the school kids and citizens who were suspended from school or refused service because of their political beliefs. And let's talk about the drag shows and LGBTQ propaganda being forced down the eyeballs and brains of school children. You want to talk about groomers....

[@noobarmy855]

I don’t know how to make a cake. But I will do my best and happily take yo money

[@dgarnush]

Fat Man for a true Christian God is his God, money is only a resource to serve One True God , and nothing is done for the money but everything is done to please God whom he serves.

[@ajmarais2762]

In retrospect you might be right, but when it comes to religious believes some people are willing to take a stand and fight it all the way, because its who they are and quite rightly so.

[@angelpedersen7139]

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[@flyinhawaiian49]

Is this what Jesus would do Mr. homophobic baker dude?

[@Closeoutracer]

Romans 1:24-32

[@michellerotsheck3686]

Yes. Anything against natural law is against Gods law. With love & forgiveness, go & sin no more.

[@markhorn7078]

Why do non Christians who don't believe in Jesus as their master always play the wwjd card when they don't know Jesus or what he would do. News flash, as part of the godhead, Jesus was present with a consenting vote on the fate of Sodom and Gomorrah... That's what Jesus did! Be grateful he lived among us and died for us so that now instead of immediate judgement we get grace to correct our choices.

[@olivia15073]

Jesus would’ve said, “I’m a carpenter, not a baker.”

[@55k3v1n]

Yes! Jesus never applauded sin. He gave hope for sinners but never celebrated sin.

[@aomine6817]

religion over human right to not be discriminated 🤦 welcome to Middle Ages

[@cpprepper2662]

It's his human right not to be forced to paint a message he doesn't agree with. Welcome to the real world.