On June 15, a Denver district court ruled that Jack Phillips, the beleaguered owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in suburban Denver, had broken Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws because he wouldn’t violate his religious beliefs and bake a theme cake for a man celebrating his alleged transition into a woman.
Hang on a second.
Didn’t we just do this?
Second (and Third) Verse, Same as the First
You’re forgiven for thinking so.
Second (and Third) Verse, Same as the First
You’re forgiven for thinking so.
In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in a 7-2 decision that this same Jack Phillips could legally refuse to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because homosexual marriage violated his religious beliefs.
But the Court trod the narrowest path possible to arrive at that decision, a path so faint it may never be found again.
But the Court trod the narrowest path possible to arrive at that decision, a path so faint it may never be found again.
The Court did not decide that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had denied Phillips his religious liberty per se, but that the commission had been too mean when they considered the case.
Here’s what one commissioner said about the Phillips case...Read all!
Here’s what one commissioner said about the Phillips case...Read all!
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