Baker being sued by gay couple

She said he refused her order because of her identity. Scardina placed her cake order the same day the U. The U. But in Junein a case billed as a sort of sequel, the conservative majority U. Supreme Court held the First Amendment protected web designer Lorie Smith from being compelled by Colorado to provide services to same-sex weddings.

For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Sections U. Follow NBC News. Phillips, whose prior refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple was at the center of a case that went to the U. Supreme Courthad on appeal urged the Colorado Supreme Court to conclude that requiring him to make the cake would infringe his free speech rights under the U.

But the state high court on a vote avoided that issue entirely by instead concluding that under the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, Scardina, a lawyer, was not permitted to sue the baker in following an earlier administrative process.

Profile My News Sign Out. Sign In Create your free profile. Justice Melissa Hart, writing for the majority, said Scardina should have challenged that decision in an appeals court, rather than file a new lawsuit. Scardina had initially filed a discrimination complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Division after Phillips refused to make the cake she wanted to order to celebrate her birthday and her identity as a transgender woman.

A Christian baker was sued for not serving a lesbian couple.

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The Colorado Civil Rights Commission evaluated the case under the state's anti-discrimination law, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. Colorado’s Supreme Court dismisses suit against baker who wouldn’t make a cake for transgender woman 1 of 2 | FILE - Jack Phillips, who’s case was heard by the Supreme Court five years ago after he objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Dec.

5, Phillips, whose prior refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple was at the center of a case that went to the U.S. Supreme Court, had on appeal urged the Colorado Supreme Court to conclude. Skip to Content.

NBC News Logo. The Supreme Court may hear her case The debate over faith-based service refusals will soon be back in the national spotlight. Latest Stories U. By Reuters. A Colorado baker who had won a narrow U.S. Supreme Court victory over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple on Thursday lost his appeal of a ruling in a separate case that he.

Colorado court dismisses suit

Search Search. IE 11 is not supported. The case dealt with Masterpiece Cakeshop, a bakery in Lakewood, Colorado, which refused to design a custom wedding cake for a gay couple based on the owner's religious beliefs.