Posted on 12/18/2018 5:21:48 PM PST by jazusamo
DENVER — He won his six-year legal battle over his refusal to create a gay wedding cake, but Christian baker Jack Phillips is now facing what could be a lengthy courtroom sequel on the issue of transgender birthday cakes.
Any hope of a speedy resolution was dashed Tuesday when a federal judge indicated he plans to reject the effort to dismiss the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s latest complaint against Masterpiece Cakeshop involving a birthday cake for a gender transition.
“I’m inclined to deny the motion to dismiss,” said senior U.S. District Court Judge Wiley Y. Daniel.
He also advised Mr. Phillips’s attorneys to narrow the scope of their request for a temporary injunction and prepare for an evidentiary hearing on the matter in February, which could last several days.
“I don’t think I have enough information to rule on this request for injunctive relief,” Mr. Daniel said.
Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel Jim Campbell, who represented Mr. Phillips at the hearing, said it was possible the case known as “Masterpiece II” could reach the Supreme Court, which ruled against the state in June, citing the commission’s hostility toward the baker’s beliefs.
“What we have is the state of Colorado blatantly ignoring key portions of what the Supreme Court just said to them,” Mr. Campbell said. “The Supreme Court might not take very kindly to that, and so it very well might end up at the nation’s highest court again.”
He referred to the situation as an “obvious setup.”...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
That’s why one must read the entire article as the prescient stuff is often buried deep within.
Diversity, first step in divide and conquer.
Malicious prosecutions and civil liberties violations
Sue the bastards
Our so called courts are a disgrace.
The process is the punishment when the State is the complainant.
Democrats are evil scum.
Too bad the judge and members of the commission can’t be personally held financially responsible.
What the hell is a transgender birthday cake? Do they eat it differently? Are the designs on the cake different? What could they possibly do other than make a blue cake for a boy and a pink one for a girl. They could bake a yellow one for the undecided. Next thing they will be wanting a baby shower for a transgender baby to be.
In the article right after the excerpt the below is stated:
“Autumn Scardina asked Masterpiece to create a birthday cake — pink on the inside, blue on the outside — to mark the seven-year anniversary of her gender transition.”
Autumn is a real piece of work...Shaking head.
Not hardly. (Can’t post the rest of my reply, the AM said.)
How could something this absurd possibly be an issue?
Extraordinary how the Left can turn a birthday cake into something with this kind of connotation. These people are nuts.
Terrorist in black robes.Osama Obama appointee no doubt.
This crap won’t end, will it?
You are wrong and he did the right thing by not baking the cake. They are free to go somewhere else to get a cake for their evil event.
I’m kinda stupid I guess. Now I see—the birthday of her immorality. ( don’t like to read long articles.) We should have some fun and design birthday cakes for this misfit! Any ideas? how about a barby doll cake with Ken turning around or going into a tunnel on the cake and coming out Barbie? An inscription on a cake could read “ I’ve been Queer for Seven Year”. I’m sure some of the clever Freepers can come up with better ideas. The cake could talk and say “Eat Me Now before I get Stale.
Judge, “I don’t think I have enough information...” Dude, you’ve got all you need. You just don’t have the testicular fortitude to do what’s right.
The federal judge should have cited the recent Supreme Court ruling and found for the baker and awarded him legal fees.
When the courts fail to deliver on their responsibility to protect our fundamental, God-given rights, it is our responsibility as citizens to ensure that justice is served.
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You are correct.
Ayn Rand — ‘When the law no longer protects you from the corrupt, but protects the corrupt from you – you know your nation is doomed.’
bump
Get the hell
Out of that hell
Hole
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