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The Unfinished Masterpiece: Will Jack Phillips Soon Be Headed Back to the Supreme Court?

 

Jack Phillips recently celebrated two anniversaries. On Labor Day, his bakery, Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado reached its 30th anniversary. The other anniversary this year was less celebratory. He has now spent 11 years in court fighting for his right to refuse to make cakes that conflict with his religious beliefs. In 2012, Charlie Craig and David Mullins asked Phillips to make a cake for their same-sex marriage. As a devout Christian, Phillips declined. He would sell any pre-made cakes to customer, but said that he could not morally make a cake for same-sex marriages.

 

That refusal turned Phillips’ tiny bakery into ground zero for the long-standing battle between religious rights and anti-discrimination laws. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission found that Phillips must make the cakes under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA).

 

The case went all the way to the Supreme Court in what many of us hoped would be a final resolution of this conflict. I had long criticized the framing of the case (and other cases) under the religious clauses as opposed to taking this as a matter of free speech. In the end, the Supreme Court punted in a maddening 2018 decision that technically ruled in favor of Phillips based on a finding that the Commission showed anti-religious bias against Phillips.

 

As a result, Phillips was thrown back into an endless grind of litigation as activists targeted his bakery for additional challenges by demanding cakes with other messages that Phillips found offensive.

 

This year, the Supreme Court delivered a major victory for free speech in 303 Creative v. Elenis when it ruled that Lorie Smith, a Christian website designer, could refuse service to a same-sex marriage. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote “the framers designed the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to protect the ‘freedom to think as you will and to speak as you think.’ … They did so because they saw the freedom of speech ‘both as an end and as a means.’”

 

The decision was not just a vindication for Smith but Phillips. However, Phillips continued to languish in the Colorado system, spending over a decade in non-stop challenges and lawsuits. Because the Supreme Court could not reach a clear resolution, it left Phillips to the continued pursuit of activists targeting his bakery.

 

Now, the Colorado Supreme Court has agreed to hear the latest case involving Phillips.

 

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For those of us in the free speech community, the issue is not underlying values on either side but the right to maintain opposing values. A Jewish baker should not be expected to make a Mein Kampf cake or an African American baker a KKK anniversary cake. Likewise, a LGBT baker should not be required to make a cake denouncing equal rights or homosexuality. It is all speech when part of a creative product.

 

All of these businesses, however, must sell pre-made products to anyone regardless of their status. In 303 Creative, the Supreme Court emphasized that any discrimination against customers in obtaining non-expressive or pre-made products would remain unlawful.

 

Phillips has cited a gay man who testified on his behalf in court in affirming that he has not discriminated against LGBT members in such purchases.

 

 

https://jonathanturley.org/2023/10/11/the-unfinished-masterpiece-will-jack-phillips-soon-be-headed-back-to-the-supreme-court/

 

 

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On 10/15/2023 at 6:38 AM, BillsFanNC said:

 

I am so confused. Lots of signs with both communism and anarchy on them?

 

 

The group doesn't look very diverse. 

 

What harassment/attacks have they been the victims of?

 

or do they just need to be a victim?

 

 

 

 

 

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The Left ?

 

Violent Threats ?

 

Say it aint so.

 

 

Detransitioner Chloe Cole Takes Part in Incredible Photoshoot That Has the Angry Left Making Threats

By Brandon Morse 

 

Chloe Cole is arguably one of the most famous voices for those who were misled by society to become "transgender" but later became disillusioned and detransitioned to their natural sex. Cole gave an impassioned speech to Congress about the subject that moved many to tears, and since then she's become a hope for some and an enemy for others. 

 

https://redstate.com/brandon_morse/2023/10/19/detransitioner-chloe-cole-takes-part-in-incredible-photoshoot-that-has-the-angry-left-making-threats-n2165288

 

 

 

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This is an outrage !!!

 

 

 

GROUNDBREAKING: Glamour’s ‘Women of the Year’ Are All Women.

 

What happened: A women’s fashion magazine, Glamour, honored its “Women of the Year” award winners at a swanky gala in London last week.

All of the winners were actually women.

 

The magazine’s “Women of the Year” honorees included female actress Millie Bobby Brown, female actress America Ferrera, female singer Leigh-Anne Pinnock, female actress Ariana DeBose, female singer Halle Bailey, female actress Lily Allen, female singer Olivia Dean, female actress Hannah Waddingham, female influencer Fats Timbo, female reality star Georgia Harrison, and a group of female soccer players.

 

Why it matters: It’s a courageous (and potentially problematic) departure from contemporary social trends. In recent years, most “women of the year” lists were considered—by the people who care about such things—to be insufficiently “inclusive” if no transgender individuals were represented.

 

 

https://freebeacon.com/culture/groundbreaking-glamours-women-of-the-year-are-all-women/

 

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7 hours ago, B-Man said:

Anything, any story to be the victim. when victimhood defines you, your broken. victimhood mentality is a defective mentality.

 

it used to be reserved for the folks in prison play that narrative with the parole boards and never get released.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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