The Supreme Court has ruled, in a 7-2 vote, in favor of Colorado baker Jack Phillips, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. The court did not rule about how the government must weigh considerations of anti-gay discrimination and religious rights, but only that lower courts had not properly considered Phillips's rights.
Read more at The New York Times, CBS Denver, Politico, CNN and Fox News.
In some reaction:
From The Federalist, the decision is a win, but also a warning.
From Townhall, religious liberty supporters "should be relieved, but not triumphant".
And from National Review, Justice Kennedy "strikes a blow for the dignity of the faithful".
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In other stories:
From Breitbart's Big Journalism, a CNN host lies about First Lady Melania Trump being "invisible". (My spell checker doesn't like the name "Melania".)
From Breitbart Video, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) says if President Trump was told that he could pardon himself, he needs a new lawyer.
From Philly(dot)com, a federal judge blocks New Jersey from leaving the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor.
From The Daily Caller, former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe (D) has not ruled out running for president in 2020.
From PopZette, Mr. Bill has written a novel. Oh, noooooooo!
From the Los Angeles Times, neo-nazi attacks scare refugees in Greece.
From the Express, according to a German finance expert, failure by the new Italian government could bring down the Eurozone.
From Sputnik International, the German migration office has allowed two extremists to enter the country.
From Reuters, the German FDP calls for a parliamentary inquiry on migration policies. (The AfD had called for this sort of thing earlier.)
From Voice Of Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban calls the upcoming European parliament elections "a struggle for values and cultures".
From the NL Times, according to Amsterdam's ombudsman, it's too easy to make money with crime.
From Digital Journal, Bosnia, one of Europe's poorest countries, struggles to deal with migrants.
From Politico, Italy has become the "refugee camp of Europe".
From EuroNews, two more illegal migrant camps are cleared in Paris.
From The Indian Express, in Kabul, Afghanistan, a suicide bomber attacks an anti-terror gathering.
From the Jewish Press, Arabs attack Jews in a railroad station in Berlin.
From The Times Of Israel, a French shopkeeper removes Israeli dates from a stall advertising food for Ramadan.
From NDTV, Palestinian football boss Jibril Rajoub calls for fans to burn their Lionel Messi shirts if Messi plays in Jerusalem.
From FrontpageMag, a Huffington Post reporter targets an anti-jihadi.
From MomZette, a carjacking is foiled by a kid left in the car.
From HokieSports, former Virginia Tech all-American and NFL all-pro Brandon Flowers gets his degree.
From the New York Post, the Pope will meet with oil company executives.
From The Scotsman, to be gender neutral, a school in Oxfordshire bans shorts for boys, but skirts are permitted. (I suppose that kilts would be OK.)
And from The Babylon Bee, the Supreme Court has created a dystopia where business owners can (yikes!) openly practice their faith.
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