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You can find the judgement at: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/17pdf/16-111_j4el.pdf

It's clear from the text that the lower court's ruling was thrown out because of prejudicial behavior by Colorado's Civil Rights Commission during the hearing about this matter.

The Supreme Court didn't decide anything about the baker's actions, only that he wasn't given a fair process by the state.

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Personally, I think that their evidence of prejudicial behavior was pretty weak, which is the stance that Ginsburg and Sotomayor took as well.

It will be interesting to see what happens the next time a case like this makes it to the Supreme Court. I was hoping we would get a decision that would set more precedent about this kind of "freedom of expression vs freedom of religion vs civil rights law" debate.

I would love to see the SC basically say it comes down to how the business is structured (though I doubt they'll do that, since businesses are now considered 'people'). If you're using a DBA or just plain self-employed, you can discriminate based on personal beliefs since it's you who is the business. However, if you're using an LLC or fully incorporated, you can't since it's a licensed business that you work for, and not yourself doing it.

Basically, it'd make people weigh whether the benefits of an LLC are enough to make them give up their "religious freedom" to be bigots.

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