phillips and the masterpiece cake shop says it will appeal the judge s decision. phillips a christian was sued by a transgender torn here in colorado for refusing to make a birthday cake celebrating transition. he wanted a cake blue on the outside, pink on the inside. in the ruling denver district judge jones says the anti-discrimination laws are intended to insure that members of our society who have been treated unfairly and deprived of even the everyday right to access businesses to buy products are no longer treated as others. one response came from senator ted cruz who tweeted shameful this is religious persecution, naked and unabashed and lawless disregard of binding supreme court precedent. in 2018 phillips won a partial victory at the u.s. supreme court after refusing to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple and was a lightening rod for those who disagreed with him. phillips says he doesn t make