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Decision Time – Let them eat cake?

<div class&equals;'mailmunch-forms-before-post' style&equals;'display&colon; none &excl;important&semi;'><&sol;div><p>Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado Civil Rights Commission Oral Arguments took place at the Supreme Court last year and their decision is coming soon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When did this Supreme Court case take shape and what started it down the path to where it is today in front of nine Justices&&num;8217&semi;&quest;  It began with a custom <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;amazon&period;com&sol;gp&sol;offer-listing&sol;B00M4JCHRE&sol;ref&equals;as&lowbar;li&lowbar;tl&quest;ie&equals;UTF8&amp&semi;camp&equals;1789&amp&semi;creative&equals;9325&amp&semi;creativeASIN&equals;B00M4JCHRE&amp&semi;linkCode&equals;am2&amp&semi;tag&equals;hescotusrepor-20&amp&semi;linkId&equals;9cb9e7fa340d36732cfbaa66a620143d" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">rainbow cake&lpar;make your own here&rpar;<&sol;a><img style&equals;"border&colon; none &excl;important&semi; margin&colon; 0px &excl;important&semi;" src&equals;"&sol;&sol;ir-na&period;amazon-adsystem&period;com&sol;e&sol;ir&quest;t&equals;hescotusrepor-20&amp&semi;l&equals;am2&amp&semi;o&equals;1&amp&semi;a&equals;B00M4JCHRE" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1" height&equals;"1" border&equals;"0" &sol;> was made for the Colorado couple&period;  The couple then requested personalized messages be written on the cake and symbols included in the decoration&period;  The religious baker decided these messages went against his belief and refused to personalize the cake&period;  A case over a cake has made it to the Supreme Court and will soon be decided upon by the nine Justices&period;<&sol;p><script async src&equals;"&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-5175198302130341" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"9182933377"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script>&NewLine;<p>Questions from the Supreme Court Justices seem to hinge around a few central themes<&sol;p><div class&equals;'mailmunch-forms-in-post-middle' style&equals;'display&colon; none &excl;important&semi;'><&sol;div>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>When does a baker become an artist and his creation become protected by free speech&quest;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Would a baker be forced to create a racist cake after seeing one done for the Red Cross&quest;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Are tailors and hairdressers considered artist whose work would be protected by Free Speech&quest;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>This seems to be taking the shape of a First Amendment issue as opposed to a Religous one&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Either way&comma; this argument should come down to one vote in a 5-4 decision&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>The Justices have been known to interrupt one another but this case seems to have the Justices anxious to get an answer to their specific question&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>On the lighter side &&num;8211&semi; Justice Sotomayor seems to like cupcakes&quest;  JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR&colon; &&num;8220&semi;You know&comma; the other night I had some people over and one of them brought a box of cupcakes and one of the cupcakes was smashed against the box&period; That was the only cupcake not eaten&period; Now&comma; I suspect that one of the reasons is the others were so much more attractive whole&period; There is a creation in serving food&comma; in creating any type of edible product&period; People &&num;8212&semi; there are sandwich artists now&period; There are people who create beauty in what they make&comma; but we still don&&num;8217&semi;t call it expressive and entitled to First Amendment protection&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;'mailmunch-forms-after-post' style&equals;'display&colon; none &excl;important&semi;'><&sol;div><&sol;p><p class&equals;"wpsai&lowbar;spacing&lowbar;before&lowbar;adsense"><&sol;p> &NewLine;

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