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Colorado baker ordered to serve gay couples vows to stop making wedding cakes

Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission ruled that Phillips’ refusal to serve a gay couple was tantamount to discrimination.Jack Phillips would rather stop making cakes altogether than be forced to bake for an LGBT couple’s wedding. The Lakewood man’s decision came after his state’s Civil Rights Commission ruled that he had discriminated against newlyweds David Mullins and Charlie Craig.

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS         
Tuesday, June 3, 2014


This takes the cake.
A Colorado baker has pledged to stop making wedding cakes after his state’s Civil Rights Commission ordered him to start baking for same-sex couples.
Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, was willing to go to court to defend his decision to refuse service to two grooms who walked into his shop last year looking for a way to celebrate their marriage.
Phillips’ crusade turned out to be a giant failure after the Commission unanimously ruled that he had violated civil rights law by discriminating against the couple.

The devout Christian is retaliating by refusing to make wedding cakes altogether.
“We would close down the bakery before we would complicate our beliefs,” Phillips told CBS Denver.
The man said that he would be happy to make cakes for an LGBT person’s birthday party. But he believes making a wedding cake would be equivalent to participating in the ceremony.
Phillips isn’t too worried about his business shutting down—he says business is booming at Masterpiece Cakeshop. His brownies and cookies are reportedly flying off the counters, snatched up by people who agree with his stance on gay marriage.