The Briefing 12-09-13

1) Speed of the moral revolution: Judge orders Colorado baker to make cake for same-sex couple

Judge Rules Colorado Bakery Discriminated Against Gay Couple, Wall Street Journal (Ashby Jones)

Colorado baker’s faith an issue in gay wedding cake case, Denver Post (Associated Press)

Judge Orders Colorado Bakery to Cater for Same-Sex Weddings, ABC News (Liz Fields)

2) The vulgarization of American culture not a pendulum – it’s a rocket

America the Vulgar, Wall Street Journal (Lee Siegel)

3) Impossible to separate religion from public life: Humans are both secular and sacred

The Bible as Bludgeon, New York Times (Frank Bruni)