The Supreme Court just heard arguments in the case of Jack Phillips's Masterpiece Cakeshop.  Phillips, for religious reasons, refused to create a custom cake for a ceremony involving two men attempting to get married.  The homosexuals sued.  The State of Colorado Civil Rights Commission took up the case in favor of the homosexuals.  Their claim was that the cake shop is a public accommodation and therefore must accommodate the demands of all of its customers. Now, Phillips said that he would sell any of his premade cakes to anyone without restriction.  In this he was acting as a public accommodation.  But, he said, he will not create a cake that violates his religious principles.  That, he claimed, is his First Amendment right.  Thus, the battle lines were drawn, and the case proceeded up to the Supreme Court. The arguments made in this case have to do with the conflict between civil rights (public accommodation) and...(Read Full Post)