Jack Phillips is America’s most famous baker. People have taken him all the way to the Supreme Court in hopes of getting it to force him to bake them one of his custom cakes. This week he’s back in the dock, again defending his refusal to bake a custom cake with a message he says goes against his Christian faith.
Mr. Phillips owns Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., and holds traditional views on marriage and sexuality. The first legal action against him came via the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, when in 2012 he declined to bake a custom cake for a same-sex wedding and found himself accused of unlawful discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. This time he’s being sued because he wouldn’t bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.
“Jack is being targeted for his religious beliefs,” says Kristen Waggoner, general counsel for the Alliance Defending Freedom, who defended Mr. Phillips in his first case and continues to represent him. “His opponents are weaponizing the law to punish and destroy him because he won’t create expression that violates his Christian faith. They want to make the law an arm of cancel culture.”, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 for Mr. Phillips.
The latest trial started Monday in Colorado state court. It dates to 2017, when Autumn Scardina called Mr. Phillips’s shop. She requested a custom cake—pink on the inside, blue on the outside—reflecting her gender transition. When the shop refused, she complained to the commission.
opinion wjmcgurn Well I won’t be asking him to bake me a cake. It’s his business,he can refuse service to anyone,no matter the reason. I would just encourage the LBGTQ community to boycott his business. He’sNotTheOnlyBakeryInTown
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opinion wjmcgurn He should be allowed to bake cake how he sees fit, and other should be free to not buy from him if they don't like his reasons for refusing to bake it. Also why would transgender people even want to this guy of all people to bake their cakes in the first place?