Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
By Kathryn Eisenhart
Human and Civil Rights,
August 2018
A summary of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in which the Court ruled that it is lawful under the First Amendment to refuse to create a cake for a same-sex couple to celebrate same-sex marriage based on religious beliefs.
Justice delayed is justice denied
By Kathryn Eisenhart
Human and Civil Rights,
April 2017
Until very recently the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, like all Federal Courts of Appeal, had held that “sex” under Title VII did not include sexual orientation or sexual preference.
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