1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i Supreme Court Vacates Another Opinion Applying Antidiscrimination Laws to Religious Objectors June 19, 2019 On June 17, 2019, in Klein v. Oregon Bureau of Labor & Industries, the Supreme Court vacated a s
2、tate court decision rejecting an Oregon bakerys claim to a religious exemption from state antidiscrimination laws. The bakerys owners had refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding. The state claims that this refusal violated statutes barring discrimination of the basis of sexual orientation. The
3、 bakers responded by arguing that the protections of the First Amendments Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses limit the reach of the state law. The facts of Klein echo the circumstances presented in 2018s Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, in which a Colorado baker had simil
4、arly argued that applying state antidiscrimination laws to compel him to make a cake for a same-sex wedding violated the First Amendment. The Supreme Court apparently viewed the similarities between the cases as significant, leading it to vacate Klein in a short per curiam order and remand the case
