The Supreme Court is taking on a new clash between gay rights and religion in a case about a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in Colorado. The case asks the high court to balance the religious rights of the baker against the couple's right to equal treatment under the law. Phillips told the Supreme Court he has free speech and religious rights under the First Amendment that should protect him. Birth certificate rulingIn a separate matter involving gay rights, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for same-sex couples who complained an Arkansas birth certificate law discriminated against them. The same-sex couples want the same presumption applied to the married partner of a woman who gives birth to a child.

Source: CBC News June 26, 2017 14:08 UTC