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Justices side with Colorado baker on same-sex wedding cake

The Supreme Court ruled Monday for a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in a limited decision that leaves for another day the larger issue of whether a business can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gay and lesbian people. The justices’ decision turned on what the court described as anti-religious bias on the Colorado Civil Rights Commission when it ruled against baker Jack Phillips. The justices voted 7-2 that the commission violated Phillips’ rights under the First Amendment. …read more […]

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Supreme Court Tosses Gay-Bias Finding Against Wedding-Cake Baker

The U.S. Supreme Court threw out a finding that a Colorado baker illegally discriminated when he refused to make a cake to celebrate a same-sex wedding. A seven-justice majority said the Colorado Civil Rights Commission finding in the baker’s case was tainted by animus toward religion. “The commission’s hostility was inconsistent with the First Amendment’s guarantee that our laws be applied in a manner that is neutral toward religion,” Kennedy wrote. …read more […]

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Oil slips as U.S. supply grows, OPEC mulls higher output

Oil prices slipped on Monday as U.S. production hit a record high and OPEC members considered boosting supply. Benchmark Brent crude oil lost $1.26 a barrel, or 1.6 percent, reaching a low of $75.53 before recovering to $76.29, down 50 cents, by 1330 GMT. U.S. light crude was unchanged at 65.81 a barrel. …read more […]