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Showing posts with label Colorado. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colorado. Show all posts
Friday, December 13, 2013
Brian Brown: Bakers Are Artists And Deserve The Freedom To Discriminate
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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Editorial Of The Day
From the Denver Post editorial board:
If you're going to sell wedding cakes in Colorado, you have to sell them to everyone who comes into your shop. You can't pick and choose among customers based upon your belief that some weddings are immoral. That's the principle that administrative law judge Robert N. Spencer reinforced with his recent ruling that the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood must sell wedding cakes to gay couples. It's the right call — and not even a close one in our view. Masterpiece Cakeshop is a commercial enterprise, not a religious institution, even if Phillips believes he honors God thr0ugh his artistic efforts in cake decoration. It is not unusual for merchants to deal with people whose values or behavior they disapprove of. If you're in business, though, you have a duty to sell your wares to all comers.
Colorado Baker Tells Fox News: I'll Go To Jail Before Making A Gay Wedding Cake
Right wing sites continue to claim that the baker faces up to a year in jail for refusing to make a gay wedding cake. In fact, there are no criminal sanctions in any state for violating public accommodation laws and the baker faces only a fine. If he refuses to pay, he could eventually lose his business license.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Quote Of The Day - Erick Erickson
Friday, December 6, 2013
Christian Hate Group Has Bakery Sadz
RELATED: For her day job, Martin works for an ambulance-chasing outfit called Auto Injury Solutions.
ALSO FUCKING RELATED: Early this year ADF volunteer attorney Lisa Biron was sentenced to 40 years in prison on eight felony counts of producing child pornography. With her daughter.
COLORADO: Court Rules That Bakery Broke The Law By Refusing Gay Customers
A Colorado judge today determined that the bakery unlawfully discriminated against the couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake. David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop last year, with Craig's mother, to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. Mullins and Craig planned to marry in Massachusetts and then celebrate with family and friends back home in Colorado. Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips informed them that because of his religious beliefs the store’s policy was to deny service to customers who wished to order baked goods to celebrate a same-sex couple’s wedding.Can you hear that sound? That there's some sadz coming down the track.
Longstanding Colorado state law prohibits public accommodations, including businesses such as Masterpiece Cakeshop, from refusing service based on factors such as race, sex, marital status or sexual orientation. Mullins and Craig filed complaints with the Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD) contending that Masterpiece had violated this law. Earlier this year, the CCRD ruled that Phillips illegally discriminated against Mullins and Craig. Today’s decision from Judge Robert N. Spencer of the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts affirms that finding.
Friday, March 1, 2013
Legalized Marijuana: State Attorneys General Look to Washington, DC
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| Attorney General Eric Holder |
The USAG made the promise at a national conference of Attorneys General in response to a question posed to him by Colorado Attorney General John Suthers. Holder indicated that the DOJ was working on formulating the policy response and that it was complicated.
Although marijuana has been legalized in two states, and is legal for medical purposes in a third of the states and the District of Colombia, it remains classified as an illegal "controlled substance" under federal law. Thus, businesses within states that have legalized pot are wary of going too far down the road with the development of industry infrastructure if the DEA can, at any time, come crashing in and shut them down.
Although marijuana has been a key component in the federal government's 3-decade long "war-on-drugs", the popularity of marijuana among the mainstream citizenry, and its success at the polls, has given the feds pause. Last fall's successful outright legalization initiatives has brought the matter to a head. Conflicts between federal and state laws must be resolved in our federalist system of governance.
We here at the Law Blogger expect some sort of marijuana-equivalent of the "don't ask; don't tell" policy. For the industry, this will be like getting served a bowl of luke warm soup.
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Medical Marijuana: The Feds Strike Back
Despite assurances from the U.S. Department of Justice early in the Obama administration that enforcement of the federal Controlled Substances Act would not be a law-enforcement priority, in April the DEA capped a mounting campaign to arrest dispensary owners across California, Colorado, and Montana. Many dispensary owners claim to have received letters from the DEA threatening criminal prosecution if the businesses do not cease and desist.
What has changed since the Ogden memo of October 2009, when Obama's DOJ signaled it would leave marijuana enforcement to the states?
One explanation is that when it came to dispensing marijuana, medicinally or otherwise, some folks started to make money; big money. This led to the DOJ's so-called Cole memo last spring, which sought to "clarify" the previous memorandum, and which provided a mandate to U.S. Attorneys to vigorously prosecute marijuana distributors and to "follow-the-money".
Strong voices in the pot lobby are crying foul, suggesting that operators within the DOJ [particularly in California and Colorado] are acting on their own, ignoring the official White House script on this issue. For their part, some of the medical marijuana states are seeking an end to this chaos; bi-partisan legislators from five of those states signed an open letter to President Obama requesting that the DEA not interfere with their respective medical marijuana laws.
Well folks, because this is a presidential election year, don't look for the Chief to weigh in decisively on this one anytime soon. For a glimpse into the mind of the voting public, you can peruse the 100+ comments to an article in the Economist on this subject. Some excellent points on both sides of the issue are made in the forum.
No wonder Mr. Lee is calling it quits out in California at Oaksterdam; he obviously doesn't want to do a dime in the federal penitentiary as all this gets sorted out. We here at the Law Blogger will, of course, keep you posted; we've been tracking this issue since 2008.
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