By Dennis Prager
Jack Phillips owns the
Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., about 10 miles from downtown Denver.
In July 2012, two gay men, Charlie Craig and David Mullins, asked Phillips to
provide the cake for their wedding celebration. Though same-sex marriage is not
allowed in Colorado – the Colorado Constitution states that “Only a union of
one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state”
– the two men had been married in Massachusetts. As acknowledged by all parties, Phillips
told the men, “I’ll make you birthday cakes, shower cakes, sell you cookies and
brownies, I just don’t make cakes for same-sex weddings.” Read more at
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