Jack Phillips is in “trouble” again.
The Colorado baker who has been in and out of court fighting for his religious rights in America may be back in court again.
Ok, let us backpedal for just a minute to remind you who Phillips is.
Earlier this year, Phillips won a MAJOR victory with the Supreme Court who upheld it was within his rights to deny making a wedding cake for a gay couple since it went against his religious beliefs.
Well, now he is facing legal prosecution again for refusing to bake a cake for a person celebrating a “gender transition.”
And because that’s a totally different thing, the Supreme Court’s ruling no longer shields Mr. Phillips from legal repercussions. Again, that is what they say.
From The Daily Wire:
On Tuesday, the attorneys for Jack Phillips, the Colorado baker who would not make a wedding cake for a gay couple because of his devout Christian religious beliefs, lambasted the state of Colorado for continuing to target him for his beliefs.
The remarks in federal court by lawyers from the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), the organization that represents Phillips, the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, were triggered by another case filed against Phillips, this time from a transgender woman who wanted him to create a cake celebrating his “gender transition.”
After the hearing, Jim Campbell, an attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom, stated, “At this point, he’s just a guy who is trying to get back to life. The problem is the state of Colorado won’t let him,” as ABC 7 reported.
Before the hearing occurred, Campbell stated:
This is clearly another blatant attempt by Liberals to persecute Mr. Phillips for his religious beliefs. And the country shouldn’t stand for it.
But remember: a significant portion of this country would rather seen Phillips thrown in jail for “bigotry” or some such nonsense.
I feel genuinely sorry for the guy for having to go through all of this.
There’s more from Matt Walsh:
Some background on the latest case: In June of 2017, on the same day that the Supreme Court announced it would be taking Phillips’ case, a lawyer named Autumn Scardina called Masterpiece asking for a cake to celebrate the anniversary of his so-called “transition” into a woman. Phillips politely declined. Scardina immediately contacted the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and the petty despots of the commission quickly decreed that a human rights violation had occurred.
The whole thing was an utterly transparent set up. Scardina, who had previously harassed the bakery with requests for cakes with satanic themes and sex toys, called on that particular day for the express purpose of being denied a cake. There obviously is no reason to tell a baker that the pink and blue cake is meant to celebrate a gender transition, which is a bizarre and arbitrary occasion for a cake anyway. And if for some reason a person really does want a cake for that purpose, and genuinely feels the need to announce it to the person behind the counter at the bakery, there is no legitimate or honest reason to choose the one bakery in the whole country that is famous for its qualms about these kinds of things.
Scardina is a bully and a harasser. No rational person believes that his request was made in good faith. Even if it was (which, I emphasize again, it most certainly wasn’t), a business owner has the right to decline to lend his labor and skill to the celebration of genital mutilation. …
This is straightforward persecution. This is a government agency seeking to destroy a private citizen for his personal beliefs. The bureaucrats behind this campaign have now officially forfeited the claim that they are really seeking equality or tolerance or whatever. They know, like we all do, that Phillips was railroaded here. There aren’t even any hurt feelings for them to worry about. Scardina’s feelings weren’t hurt. He got exactly what he wanted, which was to not get what he asked for. He’s a conniving, scheming fraud. And so are the despots in the commission. No matter your ideological leanings, you should be outraged about this. …
What do you think?
