A common debate between Democrats and Republicans, the topic of same-sex marriage has spread across America since 1969. Yet in the small town of Lakewood, Colorado, it runs even deeper than politics- it’s a matter of constitutional rights. In the case Masterpiece Cakeshop, LTD. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the Supreme Court must look on either side of the debate to decide who’s civil rights were violated- a devout Christian’s, or a same-sex couple’s. Whose side will they rule out? Well, due to precedent cases, it can be determined that the Supreme Court will rule that the couple’s rights were violated through the Fourteenth Amendment.
In July 2012, Charlie Craig and David Mullins went to Petitioner Masterpiece Cakeshop, a Colorado bakery, in search of a wedding cake. However the owner, Jack Phillips, denied their request as he believed creating a same-sex cake would contradict his religious beliefs. …show more content…
This act of discrimination, they brought on, violated the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA). This closely-viewed document reads, “It is a discriminatory practice and unlawful for a person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from, or deny to an individual or a group, because of…sexual orientation… the full and equal enjoyment of the goods” (CADA). The Division deduced that the couple’s claims were supported by probable cause, which led Craig and Mullins to file with the Office of Administrative Courts. The Administrative Law Judge found for Craig and Mullins, although Masterpiece Cakeshop appealed the