Colorado Supreme Court hears latest Masterpiece Cakeshop discrimination case
This time the bakery refused to bake a cake celebrating a trans woman’s birthday and journey of gender identity.
June 18, 2024
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This time the bakery refused to bake a cake celebrating a trans woman’s birthday and journey of gender identity.
Lawyers for Lorie Smith and the state agreed to work together on an order stating she won't be punished under Colorado's antidiscrimination law.
This court has ruled that businesses open to the public can discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.
The conservative Christian baker argued that creating a cake celebrating Autumn Scardina's transition went against his religion and violated his free speech rights.
Phillips, who won a qualified victory at the Supreme Court in another case, says it would violate his free speech rights to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
A Denver judge says Phillips violated Colorado's antidiscrimination law by refusing to make a cake celebrating Autumn Scardina's transition.
Here's what Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, had to say after the conclusion of today's oral arguments.
The case may very well be a game changer for LGBTQ equality, which is why cakeshop owner Jack Phillips wants it dismissed.
Attorneys for anti-LGBTQ baker Jack Phillips contend the state of Colorado is unfairly targeting him by enforcing its antidiscrimination law.
The woman filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission; bakery owner Jack Phillips responded by filing a lawsuit against the state.
Cakemaker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop now has to decide whether to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, or accept the ruling as it stands.
Trans attorney Autumn Scardina says the bakery, owned by Jack Phillips (above), refused to make a cake for her that celebrated her transition.
SCOTUS will decide if Christian baker Jack Phillips had a right to discriminate against a male couple in 2012, but pundits have already weighed in.
A civil court judge in Denver determined that Jack Phillips violated Colorado's antidiscrimination law when he refused to bake a cake for the wedding of a gay couple last summer.
After three lower courts ruled he discriminated against a gay couple, Colorado baker Jack Phillips is hoping the fourth time's the charm, taking his case to the state's highest court.
Although the state is no longer pursuing action against the owner of the antigay bakery, a trans woman may still file suit against him.
A Colorado web designer says she will not provide wedding website creation services to same-sex couples.
Read Justice Kennedy's ruling in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case and see how Justices Gorsuch and Thomas viewed the decision.
Queries included whether discrimination against a gay couple was equivalent to racial discrimination and whether the state of Colorado showed hostility to religion.
A church not far from the bakery where the proprietor refused service to a gay couple is trolling the anti-LGBT baker with a positive message.