all of which began when charlie craig and dave mullins walked into masterpiece cake shop in 2012. >> like any couple charlie and i were really excited to be getting married. >> reporter: same-sex marriage was still not legal in colorado. sought couple was planning to get married in massachusetts, followed by a reception back home near denver. >> and on this particular day when we were going to sample wedding cakes -- >> and when david and charlie came in we introduced ourselves, what can i do for you. we're here to look at wedding cakes. it's for our wedding p. >> it was a really special day because charlie's mom was in town. she does not live in denver. so she was particularly excited. >> so i realized right then that this is not a cake that i'm going to be able to design and create for them. so i tried to apologize to them and say i'll sell you cookies, brownies, birthday cakes, anything else in my store. >> but we weren't in there for brownies for my birthday. we were in there because we needed a cake to serve at our reception. >> at which point they both jumped up, swore at me, s

. >> reporter: charlie craig and dave mullins said they left phillips masterpiece cakeshop in 2012 devastated. >> i was shocked. i mean, neither one of us had ever been treated this way before at a business. >> reporter: colorado's civil rights commission found that phillips had violated state laws against discrimination. but the supreme court took issue with commissioners describing phillips' beliefs as "irrational" and "offensive." in a 7-2 decision, justice anthony kennedy describing a "clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs" of the baker. today, gay rights activists taking comfort in a limited decision. >> it was a very narrow decisio facts of this particular case. in no way did the supreme court undermine our nation's civil rights laws. >> reporter: the nation's views on same-sex marriage evolving. the most recent abc news poll found that 81% of americans said companies should not be allowed to refuse service to gays and lesbians. >> so, let's get to pierre noms, live at the court tonight. and pierre, many legal scholars saying the court didn't fully resol

. >> the couple at the center of the case, charlie craig and dave mullins say the decision means ourht against discrimination and unfair treatment will continue. we will continue fighting until no one does. justice ginsburg's dissent found it irrelevant that phillips sold cakes and cookies to gay and lesbian customers despite the fact he wocreate custom wedding cakes for the matting, qu see no reason the comments of one or 2 commissioners should be taken to overcome phillips refusal to sell a wedding cake to craig and mullins. in washington, shannon bream, fox news. jack phillips has been called a bigot but says he was standing up for his religious beliefs, political editor@townhall.com who came out as a gay conservative christian says tolerance needs to come from both sides. >> justice kennedy during oral arguments was making the case that tolerance is a 2-way street and then a modern pluralistic american society we need to figure out as a culture how we can protect people's rights on both ends of this and if there was rampant discrimination about cakes, flowers and photographers ma

. >> reporter: the couple at the center of the case, charlie crag and dave mullins today's decision means our fight against discrimination and unfair treatment will continue. we will continue fighting until stin jens burke dissent found it irrelevant that phillips sold cakes and cookies to gay and lesbian couples, despite he would not create custom wedding cakes for them adding "i see no reason why the comments of one or two commissioners should be taken to overcome phillips refusal to sell a wedding cake to craig and mullins". both sides agree today's opinion did not settle the underlying issues. later this week, justices will privately consider whether or not to hear of a washington state court that declined when a long-time customer of hers asked her to do flowers for his same-sex ceremony. in washington, shannon green with fox news. ♪ >>> temperatures cooled off quite a bit today. temperatures are down 10-15 degrees in some places. big cooldown and this pattern is reminiscent of last week when we had the warm memorial day weekend and the call last week. we had a warm last weekend and

. >> shannon: the couple of the center of the case, charlie cragg and dave mullins, say "today's decision means our fight against risk termination and unfair treatment will continue. we will continue fighting until no one does." in justice ginsburg's dissent, joined by justice total mayor, she found it irrelevant that phillips sold cakes and cookies to and customers despite the fact that he would not create custom wedding cakes for them, adding "i see no reason why the comets of one or two commissioner should be taken to overcome phillips refusal to sell a wedding cake." both sides agree that today's opinions does not settle the issues. the justices will consider whether or not to hear the case of a washington state florist who declined when a long-time customer of hers asked her to do flowers for his same-sex ceremony. let's talk about the legal arguments. senior clinical analyst brit hume joins us tonight. good evening. your reaction to this ruling. >> i think you are correct when you suggest that while it's not an narrow vote, it's an narrow holding in the sense that it applies for ins

. >> the couple at the center of the caves, charlie craig and dave mullins, say, "today's decision meansur fight against discrimination and unfair treatment will continue. we will continue fighting until no one does." and justice ginsburg's dissent, joined by justice sotomayor, she found it irrelevant that phillips sold cakes and cookies to gay and lesbian customers, adding, "i see no reason by the comments of one or two commissioners could should be taken to overcome phillips refusal to sell a wedding cake." >> shannon: took a big decisions dealing with two hot button issues, religious freedom, and abortion for underaged teens in the u.s. illegally. let's talk about the political impact with tyler deaton, senior advisor of the american unity fund and tony perkins, president of the family research council. gentlemen, welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> shannon: obviously, justice kennedy pointed back to those comments by commissioner at the lowest level who was the first to look at this case. likening the bacon or don mike baker's religious convictions to people who supported slavery o