(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration called on the U.S. Supreme Court to let bakers and potentially other wedding vendors to refuse on free-speech grounds to provide services for same-sex ceremonies.
Taking a side in one of the most hotly contested cases of the upcoming term, the administration urged the court to scale back Colorado's equal-access law so that baker Jack Phillips isn't forced to "create expression" against his will and his religious beliefs. The brief argues that his free-speech rights outweigh the state's interest in preventing discrimination in commercial transactions. The court is set to hear arguments, probably in late November or early December.
To contact the reporter on this story: Greg Stohr in Washington at gstohr@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Kevin Whitelaw at kwhitelaw@bloomberg.net, Laurie Asseo
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