Post Tagged 'Masterpiece Cakeshop'

October 25, 2023

How States Strike Back at Federal Religious-Freedom Protections

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), in which the majority of the court ruled that the Constitution supports a right to marry for same-sex couples, many Americans in the “wedding business” faced a dilemma. Continue Reading...

July 19, 2018

Religious Organizations: Take the Hillsdale Option

I am tired of hearing Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission hailed as a “victory” for religious liberty; it was no such thing—unless we’re also going to start counting forfeits and rain delays as wins. Continue Reading...

June 27, 2018

If Masterpiece Cakeshop has right to associate, so does the Red Hen

When the owners of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave because she works for President Trump, the mob of public opinion on both sides promptly took up their torches, pitchforks, and Twitter accounts. Continue Reading...