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The ruling relies heavily on the actions of commissioners on the CCRC after the couple filed a complaint against Masterpiece Cakeshop. Those commissioners, according to the Monday ruling, “disparaged Phillips’ faith as despicable and characterised it as merely rhetorical, and compared his invocation of his sincerely held religious beliefs to defences of slavery and the Holocaust”. In addition, the courtthose with deeply held beliefs against same sex marriage is akin to forcing individuals to speak – which the Supreme Court has long held is a violation of First Amendment rights.

The Trump administration, which intervened on behalf of the baker, welcomed Monday's ruling.

"The First Amendment prohibits governments from discriminating against citizens on the basis of religious beliefs," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in a statement.

In response to the Monday ruling, the American Civil Liberties Union, which argued the case on behalf of Mr Mullins and Mr Craig, said that the courts had actually reaffirmed their core belief that people should have equal access to services provided to the public, even though the court had reversed the decision in this particular case.

“The court reversed the Masterpiece Cakeshop decision based