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Should businesses be able to rely on religious liberty to avoid antidiscrimination laws? Certain faith traditions do not recognize, or support, same-sex marriage. Individuals and business owners within these faiths often struggle when faced with state laws and city ordinances that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Do you follow the law or your faith? Or does the Constitution protect you from making this choice?
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576 U.S. 644 (2015).
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494 U.S. 872 (1990).
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Fulton decision page 5.
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See the discussion of the pandemic cases in Chapter 12.
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See SCOTUS 2018 Chapter 6, “Masterpiece Cakeshop on Gay Rights Versus Religious Liberty,” by Stephen Engel.
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Masterpiece decision page 9.
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Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, 922 F.3d 140 (3rd Cir. 2019) at 165.
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Fulton decision at 12.
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Penrose, M. (2022). Fulton v. City of Philadelphia on Religious Liberty and LGBT Equality. In: Marietta, M. (eds) SCOTUS 2021. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88641-7_7
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