charlie craig
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Couple at center of Masterpiece Cakeshop case speak out
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It’s been a long and tiring Monday for Charlie Craig and David Mullins. The couple whose civil rights fight led to the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of the baker who refused them a wedding cake has spent the day at the office of Americans for Civil Liberties, which represented them in the six-year-long…
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What Masterpiece ruling means for the Colorado Civil Rights Commission
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Monday’s U. S. Supreme Court decision in the case of Lakewood baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop focused on the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, whose action against Phillips over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple was overturned by the high court. The narrowly focused Supreme Court ruling itself is likely…
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House panel rejects what some called an Amendment 2 repeat
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DENVER – A bill many feared would take Colorado back to its 1992 reputation as the “hate state” failed in a state House of Representatives committee Tuesday night on a party-line vote. House Bill 1206 would have allowed those with “sincerely-held religious beliefs” to discriminate against LGBTQ individuals, according to witnesses who testified on the…
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Colorado politicos react to Supreme Court hearing on Masterpiece Cakeshop case
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Both sides agree it’s a question of rights but differ sharply whose rights should prevail under the law in a case argued Tuesday before the U.S. Supreme Court – whether it’s the baker and his religious beliefs or the same-sex couple and their right to be treated like any other customers. As the divisive case…
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Cakeshop debate is ultimately about embracing diversity and inclusion
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In 2012, Charlie Craig and David Mullins walked through the doors of Masterpiece Cakeshop hoping to buy a cake for their wedding reception. When the owner refused citing religious objections the same-sex couple sued. As legal decisions and appeals moved through the court system, the case transformed into a five-year debate on religious freedom, the…
