In this March 10, 2014, photo, Masterpiece
Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips cracks eggs into a cake batter mixer inside
his store, in Lakewood, Colo. AP
Photo/Brennan Linsley
Jack Phillips owns Masterpiece Cakeshop. In 2012, David Mullins and
Charlie Craig went to the shop to order a cake for their upcoming
wedding reception. They planned to marry in Massachusetts and have a
reception in Colorado.
Phillips said he doesn't believe in gay marriage and he refused to
sell them a cake.
"We would close down the bakery before we would complicate our
beliefs," Phillips said after the hearing, according to
CBS Denver. Phillips also admitted he had refused service to other
same-sex couples.
A judge previously ruled a business owner cannot refuse service to a
customer on the basis of sexual orientation. Phillips appealed to the
commission, but it upheld the decision.
That prompted Phillips to decide he would no longer make any wedding
cakes. He said he would be fine selling cupcakes for a birthday party
for someone who is gay but added, "I don't want to participate in a
same-sex wedding."
The commission also ordered the baker to submit quarterly reports
about the customers he refuses to serve and retrain employees to
serve everyone.
For the couple, they said they always believed they were in the
right and it was important to pursue the case for future customers.
"We've already been discriminated there," Mullins said. "We've
already been treated badly.
"The next time a gay couple wanders in there asking for a wedding
cake, they won't have the experience we had.
"They will have a responsible experience and leave feeling
respected."
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