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TexasTowelie

(116,301 posts)
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 08:33 PM Dec 2018

Colorado baker who refused to make gay couple's cake faces second LGBT bias allegation

Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker whose decision to deny a cake to a gay couple landed him in the Supreme Court over the summer, was back in court Tuesday facing another allegation of LGBTQ discrimination.

In June, the Supreme Court partially upheld Phillips' choice to deny a wedding cake to a gay couple based on religious reasons. Now, Phillips' lawyers are suing in an effort to stop the state from taking action against the baker in another bias allegation.

Autumn Scardina, a transgender woman who is also a Denver attorney, said Phillips' bakery refused to make a cake for her in June 2017 to celebrate her transition from male to female. The request, which came weeks after the Supreme Court case involving Charlie Craig and David Mullins, was for a birthday cake colored pink on the inside and blue on the outside.

Phillips' lawyers from the Alliance Defending Freedom say Colorado is engaged in "unconstitutional bullying," The Gazette reports, and they are suing governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper's administration, the Division of Civil Rights and the Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

Read more: https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/nation/2018/12/19/colorado-cake-baker-jack-phillips-faces-another-lgbtq-bias-allegation/2362740002/

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Colorado baker who refused to make gay couple's cake faces second LGBT bias allegation (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2018 OP
Knowing who he is, why would anyone patronize him and earn profit from selling to you? 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #1
The bigots will patronize him hueymahl Dec 2018 #2
You may be right. The decision by Colorado civil rights division was overturned because of 3Hotdogs Dec 2018 #3

hueymahl

(2,636 posts)
2. The bigots will patronize him
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 09:55 PM
Dec 2018

My guess is this latest LBGTQ customer sought him out so she could sue him. I'm not defending the guy, but I am not in favor of this kind of "gotcha" lawsuits. Just leave his bigoted ass alone.

3Hotdogs

(13,308 posts)
3. You may be right. The decision by Colorado civil rights division was overturned because of
Wed Dec 19, 2018, 10:08 PM
Dec 2018

the nature of points made to support the decision. The division can rule against the bakery on more objective reasoning.

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