The paper examines the clash between public accommodations laws and freedoms of speech and religion in America at the light of the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd., v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case deals with the refusal of a Colorado’s bakery to provide a wedding cake to a gay couple based on the owner's religious beliefs. After explaining the decision of the Court and the position of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices in their dissenting and concurring opinions, the paper addresses the claim of freedom of speech and of the tolerance principle in the pluralistic age.

It is (not) a piece of cake : libertà di espressione e politiche antidiscriminatorie in America : Note a margine del caso Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission / L.P. Vanoni. - In: STATO, CHIESE E PLURALISMO CONFESSIONALE. - ISSN 1971-8543. - 2018:29(2018 Sep), pp. 2-26. [10.13130/1971-8543/10666]

It is (not) a piece of cake : libertà di espressione e politiche antidiscriminatorie in America : Note a margine del caso Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

L.P. Vanoni
2018

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The paper examines the clash between public accommodations laws and freedoms of speech and religion in America at the light of the recent decision of the U.S. Supreme Court Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd., v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The case deals with the refusal of a Colorado’s bakery to provide a wedding cake to a gay couple based on the owner's religious beliefs. After explaining the decision of the Court and the position of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices in their dissenting and concurring opinions, the paper addresses the claim of freedom of speech and of the tolerance principle in the pluralistic age.
Libertà Religiosa; Libertà di Pensiero; Libertà di Coscienza; Law and Religion; Stati Uniti; Corte Suprema; Obiezione di Coscienza
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