State’s high court takes up fight after Supreme Court rules on speech forced by state
By Bob Unruh
Jack Phillips
The Colorado Supreme Court has decided to take up a years-long assault by leftists on Colorado Christian baker Jack Phillips, who earlier won at the U.S. Supreme Court his right not to be forced by the state to carry its religious messaging and ideologies.
But the decision for Phillips was on a technicality and now, finally, after more than a decade, the war could be nearing its end.
At issue now is a lawsuit an extremist in the transgender community filed against Phillips for declining to violate his faith and use his cake artistry to promote transgenderism.
Phillps and his Masterpiece Cakeshop were, years ago, at the Supreme Court over state orders he promote homosexuality. The justices formally scolded the state of Colorado for its “hostility” to him. The state had adopted a so-called “nondiscrimination” law through which they demanded that Phillips express the state’s chosen ideologies and statements regarding homosexuality and transgenderism. The state, although being slapped down, later launched a similar war against the Christian owner of a digital corporation, 303 Creative, and the subsequent decision by the Supreme Court slapped the state’s actions down yet again, this time establishing freedom of speech for Christian business owners.