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Supremacist group. what you dont have is a law protecting you as a white supremacist. >> laura: you have the constitution protecting you, some people would say unfortunately given whats happened in charlottesville. but you have a constitution protecting you. and jim, lets go to you on this. the problem is, i think, it goes from tolerance to you must agree with what were doing. and thats where i guess the baker said, im happy to make other things or help out but its just i dont want to put -- i g...

To provide the service or could they turn them around? both sides of anthony kennedy were on display because on the one hand, he said, what if a sign went up in the bakery that said, we dont bake cakes for same-sex couples, wouldnt that be an affron torques t to the g community? and he also said, what if bakers across the country said we dont want to bake for same-sex marriages. would you feel vindicated, he said, to the lawyer for the baker. but then later in the argument, he told a lawyer for ...

Endorse a specific viewpoint. the case enters on colorado baker jack phillips who says he will serve anyone who enters his bakery but will not craft specific items for events or messages he finds in conflict with his christian faith. >> i serve everybody that comes in. gay, straight, muslim, atheist, catholic. i dont create cakes for every event presented. >> shannon: they visited the shop before same-sex marriage was legal. they asked him to design a wedding cake for their reception held in col...

Video he cant participate in a same sex marriage. the deciding vote is probably justice anthony kennedy. he wrote all the gay rights rulings. let me give you a sample of his back and forth with the lawyer for the trump administration which is siding with the baker. justice kennedy said this, what would the governments position be if the baker prevails in this case and then bakers all over the country received urgent requests please do not bake cakes for gay weddings and more and more bakers comp...

B biggest gay marriage case. the justices heard arguments about a baker in colorado who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. the baker said it would violate his freedom of expression. while the couple argues his refusal was discrimination. justice anthony kennedy, the high courts usual swing vote, especially on issues of gay rights and free speech asked tough questions of both sides. the justices struggled whether a cake counts as a form of expression. if it is, does it open the door...

Prohibition on the governments ability to force anyone to endorse a specific viewpoint. the case enters on colorado baker jack phillips who says he will serve anyone who enters his bakery but will not craft specific items for events or messages he finds in conflict with his christian faith. >> i serve everybody that comes in. gay, straight, muslim, atheist, catholic. i dont create cakes for every event presented. >> shannon: they visited the shop before same-sex marriage was legal. they asked hi...

>> all right, i got to ask you, whos going to eat cake, about the other profile case before the supreme court. walk us through this. the colorado baker who refused to prepare a wedding cake for a same sex marriage. >> thats right. youve stated the facts. what the issues are before the court are really they boil down to this. is an artistic cake makers words or expressions that are the final product of the cake, are they the speech of the cake maker or the speech of the couple that asked for the ...

Structure of the cia and intelligence community. this would be many areas of discipline and chain of command that is strict, and that, importantly, is subject by law to congressional oversight. trying to do this outside of that realm will lead to nothing but trouble, i can guarantee you of that. im traging, but thats whats cast at this point. >> and the report is oliver north is one of the advisers, so that would just really concern -- zmz. the case of a colorado baker who refused to bake a we...

>> nothing to do with cakes, it is about discrimination. on the other hand the baker who says this is all about art, he named his shop master cheesecakes, his master, jesus christ. >> thank you for joining us. we are back to talk about this. 20 minutes until the top of the hour, a 6-year-old on facebook, the outrageous messaging apps the social media site rolled out. postseason platform, super bowl slideshow, social justice. >> i reflect a lot of good things. heather: alec baldwin might as

Argument, but he doesnt think the state of colorado treated the baker very well when the human rights commission said he violated the states public accommodation law. >> its fascinating. his opinion in that texas case that decided on same-sex marriage for the nation was so eloquent to the point that i know of couples, gay and hetero, who use that as part of their wedding vows. its such a beautifully written statement of belief. pete? >> his commission frequently used the word dignity, so that wa...