Colorado baker who won't make gay wedding cakes ordered to sensitivity training

Cain TV.com ^ | 6/5/2014 | Dan Calabrese

[Beave Meister]

"They are turning people of faith into religious refugees."

Colorado bakery owner Jack Phillips never sought out a gay person to discrminate against, nor to harm in any way. He has no desire to do so.

But because he serves Jesus Christ above all else, Phillips was not about to be forced into participation in celebrating the "marriage" of two gay men. So when they entered his store to place an order for a wedding cake, he simply told them they would have to find a different bakery.

We've told you this story before, and it's now reached exactly the point many people feared it would all along. Phillips is being ordered by the State of Colorado not only to undergo sensitivity training, but to enact new policies for him and his staff, and to file quarterly reports with the state that prove he has not turned away any business from homosexuals.

[jimt]

I always appreciate satire being LABELED as such.

[chimera]

There must be a Constitutional issue here that someone like Freedom Watch can take up. These people have been convicted of no crime. If they have, then it has not been via due process of law, which makes it unconstitutional. Neither the federal nor a state government can compel the movements or control the personal time of a free citizen who has been convicted of no crime. I am not a lawyer, but it seems this is different than a subpoena or a summons, wherein you are required to appear as part of a legal proceeding. This stands outside of the bounds of such things.