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Religious freedom advocates were joyous on Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips. The same baker who declined to make a wedding cake for a same-sex wedding because it went against his religious beliefs.
The highest court in the land sided with Phillips because the Colorado Civil Rights Commission subjected him to what could be argued was anti-religious bigotry. But despite the historic nature of the ruling, broadcast network news outlets ABC and NBC were more relieved that the ruling had a “limited” scope and seemingly only applied to this one case.
One of the most disgusting parts of their coverage was how they covered up the bigoted assertions made the Colorado Civil Rights Commission made against Phillips. As Justice correspondent Jan Crawford explained on CBS Evening News, the commission “compared Phillips’ religious objections to same-sex marriage to defenses of slavery and the Holocaust…”
On NBC Nightly News, Justice correspondent Pete Williams made no mention of these heinous attacks by the Colorado commission. “Colorado said Phillips violated a state law that bans discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. But today, by a 7-2 vote the Supreme Court said Phillips wins because Colorado didn't take his religious claims seriously enough,” he downplayed.
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