California launches 'witch hunt' against wedding-cake maker
The state of California is launching a “witch hunt” against a baker who was cleared of anti-discrimination charges for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex duo, her lawyers say.
The charges against Tastries Bakery owner Cathy Miller were dropped by a judge who ruled the case centered on the First Amendment, not a new anti-discrimination regulation, and the state could not force Miller to express a message her faith forbade.
But now, according of Charles LiMandri of the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, which is defending Miller, the state’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing is “relaunching” an investigation, “despite suffering a resounding court defeat.”...