{"id":74577,"date":"2017-09-08T10:17:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=74577"},"modified":"2017-09-08T10:25:41","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T14:25:41","slug":"justice-department-sides-with-baker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=74577","title":{"rendered":"Justice Department sides with baker"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that the Department of Justice filed a brief with the Supreme Court in support of baker Jack Phillips who was found guilty of violating the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act by refusing on religious grounds to bake a cake for a gay wedding.<\/p>\n

The government agreed with Phillips that his cakes are a form of expression, and he cannot be compelled to use his talents for something in which he does not believe.<\/p>\n

\u201cForcing Phillips to create expression for and participate in a ceremony that violates his sincerely held religious beliefs invades his First Amendment rights,\u201d Acting Solicitor General Jeffrey B. Wall wrote in the brief.<\/p>\n

The DOJ\u2019s decision to support Phillips is the latest in a series of steps the Trump administration has taken to rescind Obama administration positions favorable to gay rights and to advance new policies on the issue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The ACLU’s Louise Melling who is representing the aggrieved gay couple in the case says that she was surprised by the government’s filing;<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in an administration that has already made its hostility\u201d toward the gay community clear, Melling said, \u201cI find this nothing short of shocking.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For those of you who are in love with the ACLU and constantly remind us that they supported the Nazis in Skokie, don’t you find it a little odd that they would force a baker to service a couple, a couple that could probably find a baker in Colorado that would happily provide the same service if they weren’t so lazy as to search for one more accommodating?<\/p>\n

This has nothing to do with the administration’s “hostility towards the gay community” and everything to do with freedom. This case only serves to force acceptance of the gay lifestyle down the collective throat of the American public, while violating the rights of free association, and forcing people to violate their personal religious beliefs. <\/p>\n

Yeah, the ACLU is great!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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