(AP) — Colorado's Civil Rights Commission on Friday ordered a baker to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples, finding his religious objections to the practice did not trump the state's anti-discrimination statutes.
The unanimous ruling from the seven-member commission upheld an administrative law judge's finding in December that Jack Phillips violated civil rights law when he refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012. The couple sued.
"I can believe anything I want, but if I'm going to do business here, I'd ought to not discriminate against people," Commissioner Raju Jaram said.
Phillips, a devout Christian who owns the Masterpiece Cakeshop in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, said the decision violates his First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of his religion. "I will stand by my convictions until somebody shuts me down," he told reporters after the ruling.
‼️ WARNING: This Story Will Make You Question Everything…Barry Jennings was a key witness to the UNEXPLAINED explosions inside WTC Building 7 on 9/11—long be...
The trailer for NAZA, a new documentary from Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, two of the Oscar®-winning filmmakers behind NO OTHER LAND.Shot at night on the ro...
LifeLog, the Pentagon's ambitious data collection program, was shut down by DARPA on February 4th, 2004. Coincidentally, Facebook was registered as a busines...
Directed by: Melville ShavelsonYear: 1966Country: USAGenre(s): Drama, History, WarSYNOPSIS:In this fact-based film, distinguished U.S. Army Col. David Marcus...
You need to be a member of 12160 Social Network to add comments!
Join 12160 Social Network