Fri Jan 27, 2023 – 5:08 pm EST
DENVER (LifeSiteNews) – The Colorado Court of Appeals has ruled against Christian baker Jack Phillips’ right to decline to create cakes with messages that go against his religious beliefs in the latest chapter of the artist’s ongoing struggles since the U.S. Supreme Court refused to decisively settle his case.
In 2018, Autumn Scardina filed a complaint against Phillips, the proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop, for declining to bake a cake that would be pink on the inside and blue on the outside to celebrate his “transition” from male to female. Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD) director Aubrey Elenis claimed there was probable cause to conclude Phillips had unlawfully denied Scardina “equal enjoyment of a place of public accommodation.”
In response, the religious liberty nonprofit Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed a federal lawsuit against outgoing Democrat Gov. John Hickenlooper and the state civil rights commission, accusing them of ignoring the Supreme Court’s 2018 ruling in Phillips’ favor over same-sex “marriage” cakes and continuing to discriminate against Phillips’ faith.
In March 2019, the state Attorney General’s office announced that it and Phillips’ attorneys “mutually agreed to end their ongoing state and
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