On Monday the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 vote in favor of Christian baker Jack Phillips.
The Supremes ruled Phillips had the right to refuse to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.
Gay activists protest the Masterpiece Cakeshop in 2012. Owner Jack Phillips faced charges for not baking a wedding cake for the gay couple. (Free Republic)
Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi weighed in on the decision on Monday.
Pelosi says Masterpiece Cakeshop needs to bake the damn cake.
Pelosi: Masterpiece Cakeshop is a commercial bakery open to the public, and such services clearly must be made available to the public on equal terms as determined by an independent review by the Colorado Court of Appeals which should have been upheld.
Here is Pelosi’s full statement:
Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after the Supreme Court handed down an anti-civil rights ruling in the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission:
“The Masterpiece Cakeshop case is about the most fundamental right of all Americans: to be free from persecution and discrimination because of who they are or whom they love. While narrowly framed to apply to the decision-making process undertaken by the state commission, today’s wrongheaded decision fails to uphold equality in this case.
“Masterpiece Cakeshop is a commercial bakery open to the public, and such services clearly must be made available to the public on equal terms as determined by an independent review by the Colorado Court of Appeals which should have been upheld. No business or organization open to the public should hide their discriminatory practices behind the guise of religious liberty.
“Our nation’s story is one of ever-expanding freedoms and progress toward a future of equal, full rights for all. To carry forth that progress, the Congress must immediately move to pass the Equality Act, to remove all doubt that sexual orientation and gender identity warrant fundamental civil rights protections in the workplace and in every place. Democrats will never stop fighting for every American’s right to full equality and equal justice under the law.”
The right to be free from persecution & discrimination because of who they are or whom they love is the most fundamental right of every American. The Supreme Court’s Masterpiece Cakeshop decision fails to uphold equality. #SCOTUS https://t.co/xKBf7j51qe pic.twitter.com/pYDQqk2Cmh
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) June 4, 2018
