I know. The cake. Must talk about the cake.

But you did such a great job talking about the cake in the comments on that post I put up as a place for you to talk about it:

Gretchen said...

Glad Masterpiece was reversed, pretty big decision 7-2 is pretty decisive these days.

Kate said...

So the next time you have to bake the cake they'll use nice words to describe your refusal.

Teller said...

If anything, it was a decision against open hostility to religious beliefs. The more subtle, smirky hostility will eventually carry the day.

Big Mike said...

Yes, the whole thing turns on how many of the justices who concurred will be okay if the anti-Christian attitude of the members of the Commission is better disguised next time. Two? Three?

Now, I'll go read the opinions and see if I have anything special to say. But first, I would like to point out my post from last December that looked closely at what Justice Kennedy (author of today's opinion) said during the oral argument. After a long post about everything he said, I extracted his 3 concerns in order of importance to him. I think the second of the 3 things is what produced today's narrowly framed decision that won 7 of the Court's 9 votes: