Wed Feb 9, 2022 – 12:39 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — As a junior in college, I enrolled in a constitutional law course that would serve, years later, as source of many things — among them great memories, withstanding friendships, and, above all else, a keener sense of awareness about the propensities of the American judiciary.
I remember one day, towards the end of the semester, our class found itself deep in discussion about the upcoming oral arguments for what would surely be a landmark case before the Supreme Court: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, or, in layman’s terms, the infamous gay wedding cake case.
For those in need of a refresher, the case revolved around a Lakewood, Colorado, bakery whose owner, Jack Philips, was sued by the Colorado Civil Rights Division on behalf of a same-sex couple for whom he declined to bake a wedding cake. Charlie Craig and David Mullins accused Masterpiece Cakeshop of sexual orientation-based discrimination, while Philips cited his personal religious beliefs for the refusal, arguing that designing cakes was, for all intents and purposes, a form of artistic expression protected under the First Amendment.
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