Content Filed Under: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Craig and Mullins in June 2018, providing a narrow win for a business owner in Colorado who denied service to a same-sex couple because of their sexual orientation, but in the opinion authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that discrimination against LGBTQ people is itself unlawful. The business owner sought a religious exemption to a longstanding non-discrimination law in Colorado prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Here’s a look at the history of the case, brought forward by the ACLU: