Colorado's Supreme Court hears a case where baker Jack Phillips refuses to create a gender transition cake, clashing LGBTQ+ civil rights with First Amendment rights.
Colorado's Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case involving baker Jack Phillips, who refused to create a cake celebrating a gender transition. This case is one of three suits in the state that have clashed LGBTQ+ civil rights with First Amendment rights. Phillips, who previously faced the U.S. Supreme Court over refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple, was sued by transgender woman Autumn Scardina after he declined to make a pink cake with blue frosting for her birthday and gender transition celebration. The lawsuit involves Colorado's anti-discrimination law, which forbids service refusal based on protected characteristics such as race, religion, or sexual orientation. Phillips argues that creating cakes is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment.