Colorado's Supreme Court has let stand a lower court's ruling that the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner cannot cite his Christian beliefs in refusing service.
Salt Lake City (AP) — Jason Langlois and Will Bladh are in the early stages of making plans for their summer 2017 wedding, and they don't want their excitement pierced by the pain of being rejected by a venue, florist and photographer who have a legal right in Utah to refuse to serve a gay couple.
Denver (AP) — A suburban Denver baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple is asking the Colorado Supreme Court to reverse judges' rulings concluding that his decision amounts to discrimination.
Attorneys for Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, filed the appeal Friday. They argue the government shouldn't force Phillips to violate his Christian beliefs.
Melissa Klein is co-owner of Sweet Cakes by Melissa with her husband Aaron. They are refusing to pay a fine imposed for refusing to provide a cake for a same-sex wedding. (Photo by Everton Bailey, Jr./ The Oregonian via AP)
In this June 6, 2013, file photo, Dave Mullins, right, sits with his husband, Charlie Craig, in Denver. The couple are plaintiffs in a Colorado case against a baker who refused to bake them a wedding cake. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)
In this March 10, 2014 file photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips decorates a cake inside his store, in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, file)
This photo taken Feb. 5, 2013, shows Melissa Klein, co-owner of Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Gresham,OR. Her husband refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian couple. (Everton Bailey Jr./The Oregonian via AP)
Colorado bakery owner Marjorie Silva, shown here in her store, is facing a discrimination complaint with Colorado’s Civil Rights Division because she refused to write hateful words about gays on a cake for a customer. (AP Photo/Ivan Moreno)
All Charlie Craig and Dave Mullins wanted was a simple wedding cake. All Jack Phillips wanted was to adhere to his religious beliefs. There lies the dilemma. File photo.
Jefferson City, Mo. (AP) — Opponents of same-sex marriage are scrambling to find effective responses, in Congress and state legislatures, to a rash of court rulings that would force some of America's most conservative states to accept gay nuptials.
