‘Is this a case about cake or about the people trying to buy a cake?’
The cake issue is solved. But questions about the reaches of protections for religious freedom versus protections for gay rights remain wide open. The Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-2 in favor of a Colorado baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The ruling, however, still leaves a major question unanswered, according to law professor Dan Urman: “Is this a case about cake or about the people trying to buy a cake?”