Judge rejects demand that baker make 'gay' wedding cake; At issue: 'Sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage'

WND

"A California judge has refused to advance a social agenda in his state that targets Christians who refuse to endorse homosexuality through their work.

"In this case it was baker Cathy Miller of Tastries Bakery who was put in a state bull’s-eye because she refused to use her artistic talents to promote the “wedding” of two lesbians.

"The state asked Superior Court Judge David Lampe to issue a preliminary injunction ordering Miller either to create wedding cakes for same-sex duos or be barred from serving anyone.

"But Lampe recognized that the issue is not about discrimination against same-sex couples.

“ 'The state is not petitioning the court to order defendants to sell a cake. The state asks this court to compel Miller to use her talents to design and create a cake she has not yet conceived with the knowledge that her work will be displayed in celebration of a marital union her religion forbids. For this court to force such compliance would do violence to the essentials of Free Speech guaranteed under the First Amendment,” he wrote.

"The same issue is before the U.S. Supreme Court in a case brought by Colorado against Masterpiece Cakeshop baker Jack Phillips, who refused to make a wedding cake for two homosexuals at a time when same-sex marriage was illegal in the state.

"The Supreme Court is expected to announce a verdict within the next few months." . . .