Sunday, June 1, 2014

Colorado baker to stop making wedding cakes after losing discrimination case

Custom Cake Top IdeasCBS News   ... "Jack Phillips owns Masterpiece Cakeshop. In 2012, David Mullins and Charlie Craig went to the shop to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. They planned to marry in Massachusetts and have a reception in Colorado.

"Phillips said he doesn't believe in gay marriage and he refused to sell them a cake.

" 'We would close down the bakery before we would complicate our beliefs," Phillips said after the hearing, according to CBS Denver. Phillips also admitted he had refused service to other same-sex couples.

" 'A judge previously ruled a business owner cannot refuse service to a customer on the basis of sexual orientation. Phillips appealed to the commission, but it upheld the decision."

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