Dems back same-sex couple in wedding cake case
Source: The Hill
BY LYDIA WHEELER - 11/01/17 11:22 AM EDT
Congressional Democrats are pushing the Supreme Court to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people from discrimination.
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (New York) led a friend of the court brief signed by 36 Senators and 175 House members in support of the same-sex couple tied at the center of a legal battle with a Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for their same-sex wedding.
In the case, scheduled for arguments before the Supreme Court on Dec. 3, the baker claims he should not be forced under the state’s antidiscrimination laws to make a cake for an event that contradicts his deeply held religious beliefs. Rep. Mark Takano (California), who co-chairs of the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus, said the case isn’t about merely affirming one couple’s right to buy a cake.
“What it seeks to affirm is every person’s right to be treated with dignity and respect in America,” he said Wednesday morning in front of the Capitol while speaking at a press conference to announce the brief.
Read more: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/358198-dems-back-same-sex-couple-in-wedding-cake-case
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