COLORADO: Baker Appeals To State Supreme Court

Via the Denver Post:

The Lakewood baker who, citing his religious beliefs, refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, is asking the Colorado Supreme Court to hear his case. On Aug. 13, the Colorado Court of Appeals upheld two previous rulings and found that Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips cannot cite his religious beliefs or free-speech rights in refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The petition, filed by Phillips’ attorneys on Friday, asks the state’s high court to decide whether Phillips’ religious beliefs about marriage are being violated. They’re also asking the justices to consider whether forcing Phillips to create an “artistic expression” that is against his religious beliefs violates his free speech rights. “From Masterpiece’s inception, he has integrated his faith and work,” Phillips’ attorneys wrote in the filing. “Phillips also honors God through his creative work by declining to use his artistic talents to design and create cakes that violate his religious beliefs.”

Phillips is represented by Alliance Defending Freedom.