Segregation: Can it still happen today?

Check out the following links:

Plessy v. Ferguson
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/jimcrow/stories_events_plessy.html

Gay wedding cake controversy
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/07/us-usa-colorado-lgbt-idUSBRE9B602S20131207

Religious liberty law
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2014/0221/Arizona-religious-freedom-bill-Attack-on-gays-or-shield-for-some-Christians

http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2014/02/04/oregon_anti_gay_referendum_the_initiative_is_homophobic_segregation.html

Questions

1). Explain the concept of separate but equal as applied in Plessy v. Ferguson.

2). Do you agree or disagree with the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson.  Explain why in detail.

3). Do you agree with the judge's decision to order a Christian baker to bake a cake that would be used in a "gay wedding?"

4). Do you think that there are some similarities between the law recently passed in Arizona, and segregation laws in the post-Civil War South?  Why or why not?  Explain in detail.