Such is the state of American law and of American society that the decision of a single Colorado baker not to make a cake for a customer because of his religious objection to what the cake was for will now go before the Supreme Court. Argument in the “cake case,” Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, will take place next Tuesday, December 5th.
Pastry chef Jack Phillips had opened his own one-shop bakery in a suburb of Denver after two decades of working in other bakeries. He called it “Masterpiece” with the intention of offering more artistic baked goods. In 2012, at a time when same-sex marriage was illegal in Colorado, two men sought to have Phillips supply a cake for a Colorado celebration of their wedding to take place in Massachusetts. Phillips, who serves homosexual customers for other occasions, said his Christian faith prevented him from being involved in same-sex marriages. The two men filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, and their supporters picketed Masterpiece bakery. Another bakery gave the two men a free cake.
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