He told the state civil rights commission that he can make no more than two to five custom cakes per week, depending on time constraints and consumer demand for the cakes that he sells in his store that are not for special orders.Īutumn Scardina, a Denver attorney whose practice includes family, personal injury, insurance and employment law, filed the Colorado complaint - saying that Phillips refused her request for a gender transition cake in 2017.Ĭardina said she asked for a cake with a pink interior and a blue exterior and told Phillips it was intended to celebrate her gender transition. Phillips operates a small, family-run bakery located in a strip mall in the southwest Denver suburb of Lakewood. The Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian nonprofit law firm, represented Phillips in the case and filed the new lawsuit.
But the court did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays and lesbians. Gay rights advocates said the case is just one part of a bigger struggle seeking greater legal protections for gay, bisexual and transgender people, including in the workplace, even as they fight efforts by conservatives to undermine gains secured in recent years.Įventually, the justices voted 7-2 that the commission violated Phillips' rights under the First Amendment. Supreme Court ruling that sets aside a Colorado court decision against a baker who would not make a wedding cake for the same-sex couple as they meet reporters Monday, June 4, 2018 Phillips and others like him who believe that gay marriage is not consistent with their Christian beliefs, have said they should not be required to effectively endorse the practice.Ĭharlie Craig, left, and David Mullins talk about the U.S. The litigation, along with similar cases around the country, is part of a conservative Christian backlash to the Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling.
The case became a cultural flashpoint in the United States, underscoring the tensions between gay rights proponents and conservative Christians. The ACLU said the baker was advocating for a 'license to discriminate' that could have broad repercussions beyond gay rights. Mullins and Craig, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, said Phillips was using his Christian faith as pretext for unlawful discrimination based on sexual orientation.
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