Patriotic storeowner stands firm against immoral and unconstitutional regulations.
DENVER, Colorado (PNN) - May 30, 2014 - The owner of a bakery in Lakewood said that rather than succumb to the immoral consequences of obeying an unconstitutional ruling, he will no longer sell wedding cakes after the Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled he discriminated against a homosexual couple when he refused to sell them a cake.
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 homosexual 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. Phillips also admitted he had refused service to other homosexual 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.
That prompted Phillips to decide he would no longer make any wedding cakes. He said he would be fine selling cupcakes for a birthday party for someone who is homosexual but added, “I don’t want to participate in a (homosexual) wedding.”
The fascist commission also ordered the baker to submit quarterly reports about the customers he refuses to serve and retrain employees to serve everyone.
Ed. Note: Good for you Jack Phillips! No government has any right to dictate who you must serve. Your big mistake was to go to the administrative agency Colorado Civil Rights Commission. This matter actually belongs in the (state or federal) high courts.