The commission ruled that these three bakers did not violate the anti-discrimination statute when they declined to make cakes with religious messages opposing homosexuality. Which is why the Colorado Commission should have respected Phillips’s views about marriage on an equal basis as they did three bakers who declined to bake anti-gay cakes. The court pointed out that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission showed “clear and impermissible hostility toward the sincere religious beliefs motivating his objection.”īut as the court also noted “religious and philosophical objections to gay marriage are protected views and in some instances protected forms of expression.” The court held that the state of Colorado was “neither tolerant nor respectful” of Phillips’s beliefs about marriage. The court made it clear that hostility toward religion has no place in America, least of all in our government.Īt the center of Masterpiece Cakeshop is Jack Phillips, the Christian cake artist who can’t in good conscience design and create custom wedding cakes that celebrate same-sex marriages. Colorado Civil Rights Commission is a big win for the religious liberty of all Americans. Monday’s 7-2 Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v.
