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A Colorado judge ruled this week a Christian baker must make cakes celebrating gender reassignments.
It’s the latest development in a prolonged campaign by transgender activists and state lawmakers to coerce Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips into creating cakes with messages that conflict with his religious beliefs.
“[A]nti-discrimination laws are intended to ensure that members of our society who have historically been treated unfairly, who have been deprived of even the every-day right to access businesses to buy products, are no longer treated as ‘others,’” said Denver District Court Judge A. Bruce Jones in his ruling. “This case is about one such product a pink and blue birthday cake and not compelled speech.
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Jack Phillips faces third lawsuit over refusal to make gender transition cake
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Jack Phillips faces third lawsuit over refusal to make gender transition cake
Jack Phillips faces third lawsuit over refusal to make gender transition cake | Monday, June 10, 2019
Baker Jack Phillips poses in his Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, September 21, 2017. | (Photo: Reuters/Rick Wilking)
Christian baker Jack Phillips of Colorado is facing a third lawsuit over his refusal on religious grounds to make certain cakes, the latest legal battle for the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner.
In the new lawsuit, Scardina claimed that Phillips violated Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act and Consumer Protection Act by refusing to bake what the plaintiff labeled a “birthday cake.”
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