Creative Incoherence: 303 Creative and First Amendment Exemptions to Antidiscrimination Law.
In 303 Creative , the US Supreme Court examined the conflict between state laws designed to protect gay persons from stigmatic and material harm in the public marketplace and the First Amendment freedoms of business owners who objected to same-sex marriage on religious grounds. Writing for the major...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Church & State Vol. 66; no. 4; pp. 245 - 259 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Autumn2024
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