Posted on 08/16/2018 5:15:09 PM PDT by marshmallow
Denver, Colo., Aug 15, 2018 / 01:04 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Less than three months after winning a Supreme Court case backing his religious freedom of expression, Colorado Christian cake artist Jack Phillips is finding himself at the center of yet another cake and faith-based battle.
A new complaint was recently filed against Phillips with the Colorado Civil Rights Division after an attorney approached him and asked him to make a cake celebrating the anniversary of a gender transition. The attorney requested that the cake be pink on the inside and blue on the outside, representing a transition from male to female. Phillips declined to make the cake based on his religious beliefs.
This week, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorneys representing Phillips and his Masterpiece Cakeshop filed a federal lawsuit to fight the new complaint against him, which they said constituted a “doubling down (of) anti-religious hostility” on the part of Colorado officials.
“The state of Colorado is ignoring the message of the U.S. Supreme Court by continuing to single out Jack for punishment and to exhibit hostility toward his religious beliefs,” said Kristen Waggoner, ADF senior vice president of U.S. legal division.
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SCOTUS was clear. This should be thrown out.
seems like a set up.
Lawfare is a crime, and this attorney should be removed from the bar.
What does one do if the State continues to ignore a Supreme Court ruling. If the rule of law becomes a farce, it leaves only anarchy and vigilantism.
It is.
The baker probably wants to just move out of that area, but where to? What areas of the USA have not yet been ruined by the Liberal Mandate? Not as easy to name them as you may think.
There is a Human Rights Tribunal funded by the state government in every state.
God does not tolerate abomination. I believe God.
One solution for him will be to TAKE CAKE ORDERS ONLINE ONLY, and sell only what he wants to display and produce.
This system seemed to work for The Red Hen, the eatery that threw Sarah Sander out. At least for a while, they only took customers via reservation, and private party.
Just like the devil, they’re trying to force him to sin.
There should be legal protection for this business from being harassed like this.
I didn’t know that. I never heard of the Human Rights Tribunal. That’s good to know Hopefully, they are not compromised, and would consider assisting anyone, regardless of who you voted for.
Agreed. Should be, but will it?
Often known as the Human Rights commission and they are the leftist guardians of government PC.
They are very dangerous to conservatives.
https://www.maine.gov/mhrc/about/
https://www.maine.gov/mhrc/
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/cchr/index.page
https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/dora/civil-rights/commission
https://coloradopolitics.com/masterpiece-impact-commission/
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/6/how-the-colorado-human-rights-commission-tried-to-/
Most states have a human rights commission and these bureaucratic power mad tribunals is why everyone is frightened for their jobs and homes.
“seems like a set up.”
That’s probably because it is a setup.
There are probably 30 places in the area that could have made the LGBTQPP cake for it.
The WA flower arrangement case is still in the tube at SCOTUS. If she wins, it will likely take some pressure off the CO baker.
I think you’re right.
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