Cathy Miller, who refuses to make cakes for same-sex marriages, hopes that the U.S. Supreme Court will take her case.
By Catholics for Catholics
After almost a decade of defending herself against government forces in California for being for the traditional family, a Christian baker is staunchly awaiting a decision by the Supreme Court.
Cathy Miller, a cake maker from Bakersfield, California, refused in 2017 to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. According to Billy Hallowell, in an opinion piece he wrote for The Washington Times, that move prompted an eight-year drama when the California Department of Civil Rights filed a lawsuit against Miller that could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“For nearly a decade, California has been flagrantly and unflinchingly ignoring the First Amendment, with officials [thumbing their noses at religious liberty for the sake of instilling, mandating and strong-arming people into embracing oppressive, secularist ideology, ” wrote Hallowell.
“It’s almost unfathomable to consider that Cathy Miller, a kind, compassionate Christian baker, has been forced to spend years fighting for basic constitutional rights — the freedom to operate her business according to her sincerely held faith,” Hallowell wrote.
According to Hallowell, Miller has refused to do custom cake orders that celebrate drug use, violence or pornography. She believes marriage is between a man and a woman, which she draws from her biblical beliefs, and decided not to do cakes for same-sex weddings or for divorces.
“It was anything but a ban on serving divorcees or gay individuals, as she has always willingly welcomed these individuals as customers,” Hallowell wrote. “Rather, it was a decision to avoid taking part in proceedings or nuptials she felt violated biblical principles. Instead, she would often refer these individuals and couples to another baker who has been willing to participate.”
After battling California’s legal system, according to Hallowell, Miller’s “next stop is the U.S. Supreme Court,” Adele Keim, Ms. Miller’s lawyer and senior counsel at Becket, recently told me. “Her brief is due at the end of August, and we expect to hear sometime by early next year whether the U.S. Supreme Court will take up her case — and we really hope they do.
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