Finding Common Ground on Long-Overdue LGBT Laws After 'Masterpiece Cakeshop'

Expand Demonstrators protest during oral arguments in the Masterpiece Cakeshop vs. Colorodo Civil Rights Commission case at the Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., December 5, 2017. ©2017 Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein In December, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, its most significant lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights case since upholding the right to marriage equality in 2015. The vocal public debate around the case might suggest there’s little common ground on anti-discrimination laws. But as state legislatures…

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