In 2012, Charlie Craig and David Mullins went to Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood,CO, and requested that its owner, Jack C.Phillips, design and create a cake for their wedding. Phillips refused to design the cake because of religious beliefs, he doesn’t create wedding cakes for the same sex wedding. The issue is that since Phillips declined to create the cake, Craig and David Mullins filed charges of discrimination with the Colorado Civil Rights Division; they formed a formal complaint with the office of Administrative Courts. On August 13, 2015, the Colorado court of appeals unanimously affirmed the commission’s order, finding that the bakery discriminated and violated the state law. The Colorado Supreme Court denied review while the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari on June 26, 2017.
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In addition, ADF has defended several individuals who have argued that at some point they were forced to choose between violating their conscience and keeping or staying business. Jack C. Phillips on this case argues that he should have the right to discriminate in accordance with his religious faith. According to https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/5/16719386/masterpiece-cakeshop-scotus-religious-arguments-amicus-briefs-gay-cake, the national black religoius broadcasters brief, for example, argued that “ objections to same-sex marriage were valid because those unions countered what was considered traditional marriage, considered only for opposit sex couple”. Many religious groups are really trying to support Phillip with as many back ups to help prove that religious beliefs are very important to people and should be taken serious at all times (
In addition, ADF has defended several individuals who have argued that at some point they were forced to choose between violating their conscience and keeping or staying business. Jack C. Phillips on this case argues that he should have the right to discriminate in accordance with his religious faith. According to https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/12/5/16719386/masterpiece-cakeshop-scotus-religious-arguments-amicus-briefs-gay-cake, the national black religoius broadcasters brief, for example, argued that “ objections to same-sex marriage were valid because those unions countered what was considered traditional marriage, considered only for opposit sex couple”. Many religious groups are really trying to support Phillip with as many back ups to help prove that religious beliefs are very important to people and should be taken serious at all times (