Advancing American Freedom led a coalition of 31 other amici filing an amicus brief in Miller v. Civil Rights Department. In this case, Catherine Miller, a Christian and owner of Tastries Bakery in California, declined to bake a cake for a lesbian couple’s wedding celebration. In response, the California Civil Rights Department filed a complaint against her in state court. Although Ms. Miller won before the trial court, the California appellate court ruled against her. She is now asking the Supreme Court to review her case.
The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of religious business owners in the past, but religious Americans’ ability to run their business in accord with their religious values will not be secure until the Supreme Court provides greater clarity on the limits of state power.
“The Supreme Court’s earlier decisions, especially in 303 Creative, LLC v. Elenis, should have settled this case. But, unsurprisingly, the ideologues in the California government are looking for any loophole to harass Christian business owners,” said AAF General Counsel J. Marc Wheat. “We urge the Supreme Court to take this case and make clear, once and for all, that business owners have a fundamental right to operate their businesses in accord with their convictions.”
