WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court seemed closely divided Tuesday over whether the First Amendment protects a Colorado baker from creating a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, with Justice Anthony M. Kennedy likely to cast the deciding vote. But they also seemed sympathetic to Phillips’s argument that, as a “cake artist,” the law violates his freedom of expression to create a custom cake for a same-sex wedding. Read more:America’s next landmark gay rights ruling hinges on a surprising question: Do wedding cakes qualify as art? That prompted a lighthearted retort from Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, who noted that high-priced wedding cakes rarely taste as good as they look. “Masterpiece remains free to continue espousing its religious beliefs, including its opposition to same-sex marriage,” Judge Daniel M. Taubman wrote.

Source: thestar December 06, 2017 00:33 UTC