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Elements of victory here. the way the opinion is written, it deals with one issue that happened in one instance with one baker. when charlie craig and david mullens were denied the cake, they filed the plate with the colorado civil rights commission and they ruled in they favor. it was the way that the baker was treated that turned the case. anthony kennedy writing some of the commissioners at the commissions formal public hearings endorsed the view that religious beliefs cannot legitimately be ...

-- baker unfairly. justice kennedy wrote the civil rights commission consideration ofhis case was inconsistent with the obligation of neutrality. an attorney who argued the case on behalf of the colorado baker sounded pleased. >> the other applications of this principle have to weight other cases and we will see how it goes in those cases. jack phillips serves everyone. but he wasnt willing to do all messages based on his faith and the court honored his views protecting his religious freedom. >>...

Protesting his moves, his religioussiderationere not considered. it was a 7-2 vote. it wasnt close. to mike emanuel at the supreme court with at this time least. mike? >> the same sex couple is not happy saying they will continue the fight until no one faces this type of humiliation. >> the kind of discrimination we faced affects people across the country every day. you know, i dont think any one business has a monopoly on discriminating lgbtq community. >> this is a one-off decision that only a...

Precedence. that is to say, it does not affect the outcome of future cases, its less surprising by the 7-2 nature of the decision. >> experts say this is not the end of the fight over the big picture issues but it is certainly a happy day colorado baker and his supporters. harris? >> harris: mike, thank you very much. lets bring in my next guest, steven mulroy, a former federal prosecutor and the university of memphis law professor. great to see you today. i want to bring you on the program beca...

Denied services as they go about their daily lives. the decision really so narrow as to apply only to this particular baker. because both sides are saying this is not the end of the erall fight but a very happy day for a christian baker from colorado and his supporters. >> harris: thank you very much. as we come out to the couch on this, this is such an explosive issue and people were looking for religious liberti to be dealt with in all of this but it is so narrow that thats not where its going...

Lambda tweeted this -- this 7-2 ruling while limited invites discrimination and efforts to justify withholding service from #lgbtq people. this will encourage all sort of mischief by well-funded anti-lgbt organizations who want to to create exceptions to nondiscrimination laws. senior correspondent mike emanuel is live at the supreme court. what is the latest on this? >> good afternoon. many people say the supreme court side-stepped the bigger issues here. jeff sessions praised the high court mo...

That the baker said i wouldnt bake a it was that it was a wedding cake. with the example that you gave, they are just oppositional in every way. >> sandra: after five years, the supreme court ruled 7-2 on this and that this wasnt a more narrow decided. justice kennedy wrote the reason and motive for the bakers refusal were based on his sincere religious beliefs and convictions. and again, they were the only dissents in that. >> david: im not surprised. i think people try to read too much into th...

Learn from the case. >> harris: that is so interesting. you stalk about it as look of respect -- you talk about it as lack of respect and im reading in some places that could be seen as biased. what were some of the things that the commission were saying to the baker that was seen as disrespectful or in some cases biased? >> right. well, not all of the commission members. >> harris: okay. >> a couple of the commission members made some comments that the court seized on. like suggesting that ther...

Is touting president trumps 500th day in the oval office with 500 days of the american greatness media campaign. is the president getting his fair due? well debate it. plus, a major supreme court ruling coming down on the side of a colorado baker whorefused e for a same-sex couple. some criticsre calling this a victory for personal freedom. others are saying its much more limited to that in scope and will have no effect on anything going forward. thats ahead. >> the eonal toll on my family and j...

Go through the same thing. its not just about us. its about our community as a whole. >> so shep, a call after the ruling, the aclu held with the couple. the aclu holds because the opinion is so specific to the bad behavior of the commission that tomorrow a same-sex couple could walk into this same bakery, ask the same baker for a cake be, denied and go through the same process up to the supreme court and win. that is according to fox senior judicial a analyst andrew andrew napolitano rest its i...