Christian baker gay cake
A seven-year battle to defend a Christian baker’s right to refuse making a cake that celebrated transgenderism has ended, with no side able to claim victory.
Why are ‘gay’ cakes in the news again?
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips has been in a long legal battle with transgender lawyer Autumn Scardina, who had asked Phillips’ small family business to bake a cake to celebrate gender transition in , but been refused. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court has decided it doesn’t have jurisdiction to form this decision and so dismissed the case.
What actually happened?
According to court documents in a previous legal wrangle over this matter, the order was first for a birthday cake: “Scardina ordered a pink cake with blue frosting. She did not demand that the cake enclose any words, symbols, or details — just a pink cake with azure frosting. Debra [at the bakery] confirmed that Masterpiece could make the requested cake.
“Scardina then told Debra that the custom birthday cake had personal significance, reflecting Scardina’s birthday as well as celebrating her transition from male to female. Debra replied that she did not consider the shop could produce the cake ‘because
California Supreme Court rejects appeal from Christian baker who refused to make queer wedding cake
The California Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in a case surrounding a Christian baker who faces punishment for refusing to make a cake for a same-sex wedding.
The articulate high court issued an order list on Wednesday in which it declined to hear an appeal in the case of California Department of Civil Rights v. Tastries, allowing a lower court decree against the bakery owner to stand.
Adèle Keim, senior counsel at Becket, the law firm helping to represent Tastries owner Cathy Miller, denounced the articulate supreme court’s decision, saying it goes against U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
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“As the United States Supreme Court has made explain twice already, creative professionals like Cathy Miller shouldn’t have to choose between following their faith and practicing their art,” said Keim in a declaration released Thursday.
“California should contain dropped its campaign against Cathy years ago
Colorado high court to perceive case against Christian baker who refused to create trans-themed cake
On the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court victory this summer for a graphic artist who didn’t want to design wedding websites for same-sex couples, Colorado’s highest court said Tuesday it will now hear the case of a Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.
The announcement by the Colorado Supreme Court is the latest development in the yearslong legal saga involving Jack Phillips and LGBTQ rights.
Phillips won a partial victory before the U.S. Supreme Court in after refusing to make a male lover couple’s wedding cake.
He was later sued by Autumn Scardina, a transgender female, after Phillips and his suburban Denver bakery refused to make a pink cake with blue frosting for her birthday and to celebrate her gender transition.
Scardina, an attorney, said she brought the lawsuit to “challenge the veracity” of Phillips’ statements that he would serve LGBTQ customers. Her attorney said her cake order was not a “set up” intended to file a lawsuit.
The Colorado Supreme Court didn’t clarify how or why it made the determination to hear the case. It was announced in a
'Gay cake' row: What is the dispute about?
In October , the owners of the bakery lost their appeal against the judgment that their refusal to make a "gay cake" was discriminatory.
Appeal court judges said that, under rule, the bakers were not allowed to provide a service only to people who agreed with their religious beliefs, external.
Reacting to the ruling, Daniel McArthur from Ashers said he was "extremely disappointed" adding that it undermined "democratic freedom, religious freedom and free speech".
The firm then took the case to the Supreme Court and they won.
The UK's utmost court ruled the bakery's refusal to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage was not discriminatory.
Then president of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale, ruled the bakers did not refuse to fulfil the order because of the customer's sexual orientation.
"They would have refused to make such a cake for any customer, irrespective of their sexual orientation," she said.
"Their objection was to the communication on the cake, not to the personal characteristics of Mr Lee."
And from there, Mr Lee took his case to Europe, argu
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