Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Citation

584 U.S. 617 (2018)

Facts

Stub — to be completed.

Issue

Stub — to be completed.

Holding

Stub — to be completed.

Rule

Government adjudicators must act with neutrality toward religion; hostility toward a religious claimant’s beliefs in a civil rights proceeding violates the Free Exercise Clause.

Significance

Decided narrowly on the ground of Commission hostility; did not resolve whether anti-discrimination laws must yield to religious objections to same-sex marriage.

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