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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. The Colorado Civil Rights Commission evaluated the case under the state's anti-discrimination law, the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. Colorado Civil Rights Commission , a case about whether a Christian baker has a First Amendment right to refuse to sell wedding cakes to a same-sex couple. This week, that same-sex couple, represented by the ACLU, and the Colorado commission that defended their rights, submitted their response briefs , explaining why this should be an open-and-shut case of discrimination. The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case
The case involves Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig, a same-sex couple who went to the Masterpiece Cakeshop in Denver in search of a cake for their wedding reception. When the bakery refused to sell Dave and Charlie a wedding cake because they’re gay, the couple sued under Colorado’s longstanding nondiscrimination law. He said that because of his religious beliefs, he would sell wedding cakes only to heterosexual couples. The couple filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which found the bakery had violated Colorado law. CAKE
David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop in July , with Craig's mother, to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. Mullins and Craig planned to marry in Massachusetts and then celebrate with family and friends back home in Colorado. Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips informed them that because of his religious beliefs the store’s policy was to deny service to. David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop in July , with Craig's mother, to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. Mullins and Craig planned to marry in Massachusetts and then celebrate with family and friends back home in Colorado. 
Colorado Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case of Bakery That
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has expressed confidence that the decision in the case of a baker refusing to make a wedding cake for a gay couple will be confined to the particular circumstances of that case. Five years ago, Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig walked into Masterpiece Cakeshop, a Lakewood, Colorado, bakery to purchase a cake for their wedding reception. In the s and s, schools claimed that they should be allowed to pay women less than men based on the belief that men should be the head of the household.
Court Rules Bakery Illegally Discriminated Against Gay Couple
But bakery owner Jack Phillips informed them that the bakery wouldn’t sell wedding cakes to same-sex couples. Longstanding Colorado state law prohibits public accommodations, including businesses open to the public such as Masterpiece Cakeshop, from refusing service based on characteristics like race, religion, or sexual orientation. In the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled for a bakery that had refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple. It did so on grounds that are specific to this particular case and will have little to no applicability to future cases.
Baker's Refusal
A Colorado judge today determined that a Lakewood bakery unlawfully discriminated against a gay couple by refusing to sell them a wedding cake. . 
Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
On December 5, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case about whether a Christian baker has a First Amendment right to refuse to sell wedding cakes to a same-sex couple. This week, that same-sex couple, represented by the ACLU, and the Colorado commission that defended their rights, submitted their response briefs. .
Masterpiece Cakeshop
Five years ago, Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig walked into Masterpiece Cakeshop, a Lakewood, Colorado, bakery to purchase a cake for their wedding reception. But the bakery’s owner refused to serve them solely because they’re a same-sex couple. Colorado courts found that the bakery discriminated. .