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    Commentary: Right to discriminate?

    by Louise Melling, Los Angeles Times Dec 05, 2017 3 minutes

    This week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear the case of David Mullins and Charlie Craig, a couple turned away by Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., when they tried to buy a wedding cake.

    The two weren't turned away because they couldn't afford the cake. They were turned away because they are gay.

    The Colorado courts and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission found that the bakery's actions violated the state's law barring discrimination. In the high court,

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