Argumentative Essay On Gay Wedding Cake

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court Case Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) which nationally legalized same sex marriage, the religious right has felt that protections on religious liberty in this country have gone under attack. As the LGBTQ+ movement gains more traction in mainstream media, local municipalities, and even state governments, many religiously conservative states legislatures have begun to fight back by passing laws that protect a person’s right to discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community because of religious objections. While a person’s right to abstain from participating in a business transaction concerning a same sex marriage has been widely debated (and continues to be widely debate) for some time now, the new anti-transgender

To facilitate exploring a specific anti-gay defense, I locate this statute within its homophobic political

In this article, “Kentucky Clerk Ordered to Jail for Refusing to Issue Gay Marriage License” the author James Higdon focuses on the recent topic of gay marriage. Higdon’s story relates to a Kentucky woman named Kim Davis. Davis was arrested September 3, 2015 because she refused to issue marriage license to a gay couple. “Under questioning from her attorney, Davis went on to express her opposition to same-sex marriage, which she said was ‘not of God’ and contrary to natural law and therefore not something that she could condone” (Higdon). This quote shows that Davis refused to issue marriage licenses because of her religious beliefs. Davis’s religious beliefs are so strong that she continued to fight with the law and the court judge

The author, Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter of the article, “Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage cake case” states, “The couple filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which ruled in their favor, citing a state anti-discrimination law.” This complaint was filed after Jack Phillips denied David Mullins and Charlie Craig their wish for a wedding cake. The complaint shows that the baker was violating the state’s law of anti-discrimination, which was wrong to do. The same author, Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter of the article, “Supreme Court hears same-sex marriage cake case” states, “‘This case is about more than us, and it's not about cakes," Mullins said in an interview. "It's about the right of gay people to receive equal service.’”

In “Texas clerks could refuse to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.” (2015), Lauren Gambino states that Texas clerks can refuse to issue marriage license to same sex couples, they can justify their refusal on the grounds of religious liberty. Gambino supports her claim by providing factual evidence--including quotes from Texas clerks, which makes her more ethical, because she provides a neutral informative article on this matter. Gambino hopes to inform US citizens of what is going on in Texas, following the same sex marriage legalization by the Supreme Court, while enticing anger

The United States Constitution protects certain liberties in the Bill of Rights and rights deemed “fundamental” that are “traditionally protected by our society.” (Michael H. v. Gerald D.). The liberty at issue in this case is the right to marry, which has been deemed fundamental by this Court in Loving v. Virginia, where we stated that “[t]he freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men.” (Loving v. Virginia). The petitioners in the case at bar seek that liberty by marrying someone of the same sex and having their marriages be equal to traditional, opposite-sex couples.

On June 4, 2008, the plaintiffs in this case include fifteen same-sex couples who wish to marry in California and support groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered Californians. They were denied many times; however, now before the California Supreme Court, they argue that “California has long led the nation in recognizing that constitutional provisions guaranteeing equal protection, privacy, due process and freedom of association and expression require that lesbian and gay people, like all people, be treated fairly under the law.” Nonetheless these protections, California has denied same-sex couples the right to marry. That denial, they argue, violates the California Constitution.

In detail, by the states restricting same-sex marriages, they have breached constitutional rights of gays which is the fourteenth amendment – the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause. The Petitioner, James Obergefell and other same-sex couples, further argues that same-sex couples are nonetheless than heterosexual couples. While the Respondent, Richard Hodges and state official argues that “the Constitution does not address it, and therefore it is beyond the purview of the Court to decide whether states have to recognize or license such unions.” (Oyez, 2014).

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions regardless of what other people may think. The country has undergone various changes that some have trouble adjusting as well as adapting. One of them is a baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. I believe that the baker, Jack Phillips, is morally wrong for refusing to bake a wedding cake for the couple.

On Feb. 17, Ben Valencia and Luis Marmolejo went to Kern’s Bake Shop to order a cake for their upcoming wedding. After the Christian owners turned down the order, the gay couple went to the press and accused the Delormes of discrimination, according to Breitbart.

‘In “Drawing a Line in the ‘Gay Wedding Cake case”, the author John Corvino says that Jack Phillips, the baker who refused to sell a wedding cake for a gay couple, was being discriminatory against the customers. He didn’t refuse to sell the cake because he just doesn’t support homosexuality but because he didn’t like the fact that a gay couple went to his bakery. Although Phillips claims his actions are protected by the first amendment of the Constitution, the truth is that he was violating the Constitution by discriminating customers based on their sexual orientation.

In July 2012 a same sex couple went to a local cake shop known as Masterpiece cakeshop. The couple (Charlie craig and David Mullins) requested a cake to be made for their upcoming wedding but were refused service based on the fact that they were a homosexual couple. The couple decided to press charges on the shop based on discrimination under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA), §§ 24-34-301 to -804, C.R.S. 2014. Following the attempted charges the division issued a notice of probable cause; Craig and mullins then filed a complaint with the Office of Administrative Courts alleging that Masterpiece discriminated against them in a place of public accommodation in violation of

During the early 1970s, close to a dozen homosexual couples across the country applied at their local city clerk’s office, which they were denied. Lawsuits were filed by three couples because of the state’s refusal to issue a marriage license to them. By the mid-1970s, several same-sex couples had tried to force a state to recognize them as married but none had succeeded. Between the mid-1970s and 1987, no further gay male or lesbian couples in the United States appear to have requested a marriage license or filed a

The fight for the legalization of gay marriage is not a new one. Tracing back to the 1960s, one of the first instances of protest was in New York City. Police had been raiding gay bars often, but one day the gay and lesbian people began to fight back. This caused many riots and protest throughout the country. On June 26th, 2015, in a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states. However, even today, same-sex marriage is not fully accepted and supported. While some argue that gay marriage is wrong, there is good reason as to why it should be legal. Marriage is a right that benefits society protected by the U.S. constitution and the acceptance and legalization of same-sex marriage decreases the suicide rates among people.

    Same sex marriage has impacted many people in our society today, whether it being people disagreeing or agreeing with it. According to an article titled Countries Least Accepting Of Same Sex Marriage written by Kimutai Gilbert it says “The countries leading in legalizing same-sex marriage are western countries and countries of the Americas including the United Kingdom and the United States among others”. Some of the other countries still oppose same sex marriage due to them thinking that it is unreligious, uncultured, and unacceptable. An example of this was in July 2012 when a gay couple asked a baker to create a wedding cake for a celebration of their marriage. Mr. Phillips told them that he could not design and bake a wedding cake for them because it would violate his Christian convictions. This couple was denied service, because of their sexual orientation which was an erroneous thing to