Can Faith Be An Excuse For Refusing To Serve Same-Sex Couples?

Can Faith Be An Excuse For Refusing To Serve Same-Sex Couples?

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LAKEWOOD, Colo. - Jack Phillips is a baker whose evangelical Protestant faith informs his business. There are no Halloween treats in his bakery - he does not see devils and witches as a laughing matter. He will not make erotic-themed pastries - they offend his sense of morality. And he declines cake orders for same-sex weddings because he believes Christianity teaches that homosexuality is wrong.

Mr. Phillips, whose refusal two years ago to make a cake for a gay male couple has led to a court battle now getting underway, is one of a small number of wedding vendors across the country who are emerging as the unlikely face of faith-based resistance to same-sex marriage.

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The refusals by the religious merchants - bakers, florists and photographers, for example - have been taking place for several years. But now local governments are taking an increasingly hard line on the issue, as legislative debates over whether to protect religious shop owners are overtaken by administrative efforts to punish them.

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