Anti-LGBTQ+ baker loses appeal when court rules he discriminated against trans woman

Jack Phillips has spent years fighting for the right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people. He just lost his battle.

An ornate cake from Madonna Inn, 100 Madonna Road, San Luis Obispo, California
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

A Christian baker who has spent years fighting for the right to discriminate against LGBTQ+ people has lost his appeal in a case about his refusal to make a cake for someone celebrating their gender transition.

In 2021, a Colorado judge in Denver ruled that Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop illegally discriminated against Autumn Scardina when he refused to make her a birthday cake because she’s transgender, arguing that baking the cake violates his religious beliefs.

The Colorado Court of Appeals announced its decision that the cake is not a form of speech and that Phillips’s refusal to serve someone because she’s trans violated Colorado’s anti-discrimination law.

The court stated: “We conclude that creating a pink cake with blue frosting is not inherently expressive and any message or symbolism it provides to an observer would not be attributed to the baker.”

“They just object to the idea of Ms. Scardina wanting a birthday cake that reflects her status as a transgender woman because they object to the existence of transgender people,” said Scardina’s lawyer, John McHugh, according to the Associated Press.

Phillips is represented by the anti-LGBTQ+ organization…

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