Can’t Have Your Cake, Gays Are Told, and a Rights Battle Rises

At The New York Times, Michael Paulson reports on “a small number of wedding vendors across the country who are emerging as the unlikely face of faith-based resistance to same-sex marriage.” Though vendors have been refusing to serve gay couples for years, local governments have taken a hard stance on the issue, making efforts to punish vendors. The cases are largely being fought by the American Civil Liberties Union, which supports same-sex marriage, and the Alliance Defending Freedom, which opposes it.

Read at The New York Times

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