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    As New Evidence of Progressive Bigotry Emerges, Jack Phillips Finally Wins His Case

    Today my former colleagues at the Alliance Defending Freedom announced that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission will dismiss its pending discrimination charge against Masterpiece Cakeshop's Jack Phillips. Even after Phillips won a 7-2 decision at the Supreme Court rebuking the commission for its clear anti-religious bias, it had pursued new charges against Phillips for failing to design a cake celebrating a male-to-female gender transition.

    Remarkably, the evidence showed that Colorado had actually doubled-down on the religious bigotry that caused it to lose at the Supreme Court. In his opinion, Justice Kennedy singled out this statement from Commissioner Diann Rice:

    I would also like to reiterate what we said in the hearing or the last meeting. Freedom of religion and religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, whether it be slavery, whether it be the holocaust, whether it be—I mean, we—we can list hundreds of situations where freedom of religion has been used to justify discrimination. And to me it is one of the most despicable pieces of rhetoric that people can use to—to use their religion to hurt others.

    And here was Justice Kennedy's response:

    To describe a man's faith as "one of the most despicable pieces of rhetoric that people can use" is to disparage his religion in at least two distinct ways: by describing it as despicable, and also by characterizing it as merely rhetorical — something insubstantial and even insincere. . . . This sentiment is inappropriate for a Commission charged with the solemn responsibility of fair and neutral enforcement of Colorado's antidiscrimination law — a law that protects discrimination on the basis of religion as well as sexual orientation.

    Yet despite this clear language from the court, Colorado official continued to express the same sentiments. As ADF outlines in its statement, two commissioners actually endorsed Rice's unlawful comments after the Supreme Court issued its ruling:

    At the June 22, 2018, public meeting, members of the commission discussed the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling. During that discussion, Commissioner Rita Lewis said, "I support Commissioner Diann Rice and her comments. I don't think she said anything wrong." Later, Commissioner Carol Fabrizio added, "I also very much stand behind Commissioner Rice's statements.... I was actually proud of what she said, and I agree with her.... I'm almost glad that something the Commissioner said ended up public and used, because I think it was the right thing.

    I've long argued that Justice Kennedy's "narrow" opinion in Masterpiece Cakeshop was actually more far-reaching than many observers thought — in part because the anti-religious sentiments Kennedy condemned are far more common than many imagine. I've seen similar sentiments actually written into campus policies justifying their own acts of anti-religious discrimination.

    Here, the anti-religious sentiment was so powerful that the commissioners couldn't help themselves. They just had to take another stand against Phillips's faith.

    Over on the home page today, I argue that America is becoming a two-faith nation, sacred and secular. We're steadily creating a dynamic not unlike the Sunni-Shia, Hindu-Muslim, or Catholic-Protestant conflicts that have caused such pain and suffering in other nations across the globe. The secular faith — because it proclaims no allegiance to any deity — believes that it can explicitly capture the levers of government power. And, to an extent, they're not wrong. The secular nature of the social-justice gospel means that it can be preached from the government pulpit in a way that the divinity of Christ cannot.

    However, the social-justice gospel may not be wielded as a government weapon against the faithful. If the First Amendment means anything, it means that public officials cannot engage in blatant viewpoint discrimination against people of faith.

    Congratulations to Jack Phillips. The latest phase of his long ordeal has come to an end. Congratulations to my friends and former colleagues at the Alliance Defending Freedom. They secured justice for their client. And now let's hope that progressive governments have learned the right lesson.

    I'm not optimistic. There will be more cases like this — at least until courts decisively teach the radical cultural left that its bigotry may not attain the force of law.

    https://www.nationalreview.com/corne...wins-his-case/

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    Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, state of Colorado call truce, drop claims

    DENVER — The state of Colorado and Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips have mutually agreed to end ongoing state and federal court litigation, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office said Tuesday.

    The Colorado Civil Rights Commission will dismiss administrative action against Phillips, and Phillips will withdraw his federal court case against the case.

    “After careful consideration of the facts, both sides agreed it was not in anyone’s best interest to move forward with these cases, Attorney General Phil Weiser said.

    “The larger constitutional issues might well be decided down the road, but these cases will not be the vehicle for resolving them. Equal justice for all will continue to be a core value that we will uphold as we enforce our state’s and nation’s civil rights laws.”

    The commission voted unanimously to dismiss the case against Phillips...

    https://kdvr.com/2019/03/05/state-ma...nnounce-truce/

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    A little more insight to the story....



    Colorado's second case against Masterpiece Cakeshop and Jack Phillips crumbles
    By Kristen Waggoner
    https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/colo...llips-crumbles

    Shortly after Jack Phillips' victory at the Supreme Court, the state of Colorado embarked on a second campaign to crush the Colorado cake artist and his small family business, Masterpiece Cakeshop. By seeking yet again to punish Jack for living out his faith, Colorado left little doubt that it harbored hostility toward religious people like Jack.

    Throughout its second legal battle
    , evidence emerged that removed all doubt of that continued hostility. And on March 5, Colorado quit its second, ill-advised crusade against Jack.

    Colorado commissioners have every incentive to minimize their defeat or to describe it as a legal truce, but it isn't. Colorado has relentlessly pursued Jack for over six-and-a-half years, stripping him of 40 percent of his business and the wedding work he loves. But, now, the state's harassment has come to an end.

    As Jack's attorneys, we're delighted that he gets to go back to focusing on his cake art. And as advocates for religious liberty, we're hopeful that Colorado's failed crusades serve as warnings to other government officials hostile toward religious freedom.

    The first time Colorado officials came after Jack, they ordered him to create cakes celebrating a view of marriage that conflicts with his faith. That six-year ordeal was laced with government actions disparaging Jack's religious beliefs. It also included unequal treatment: Colorado punished Jack for declining to create cakes with messages that he cannot in good conscience express, while allowing other cake artists—those whose views the state likes—to do the very same thing....



    ....But shortly after Jack's win, Colorado officials came after him again, seeking to force him to create a custom pink-and-blue cake celebrating a gender transition. The request for that cake came from a Colorado lawyer, and it came on the very same day that the Supreme Court announced it would hear Jack's case during a phone call where the lawyer told the shop's representative that another person was listening via speaker phone. It wasn't what you would consider an ordinary request. Our legal team eventually proved that this same attorney called Jack at least one other time and requested a cake celebrating Satan's birthday with an image of Satan smoking marijuana....




    ...Through it all, Jack remains the same. He continues to be the mild-mannered cake artist who serves everyone but declines to create custom cakes that express messages or celebrate events in violation of his faith. That includes cakes celebrating Halloween, glorifying divorce, or denigrating our country.

    And he continues to befriend the homeless folks who wander into his shop, sharing a brownie and cup of coffee with them. This, after all, is the same man who offered free cookies to people who came out to protest him....




    ...That's right—after the Supreme Court's ruling, two of the current commissioners said publicly that they agree with a former commissioner's comments declaring that religious freedom is a "despicable piece of rhetoric." Once our legal team secured audio recordings of those statements (and added those to the Twitter post of another commissioner calling Jack a "hater"), Colorado's legal attack fell apart.

    With that, the government's most recent crusade against Jack ends, not with a bang, but a whimper. We're hopeful that this signals an end to state-sponsored hostility toward religion in Colorado and a new era of tolerance and respect toward people of faith.









    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
    (Ephesians 4:17-18)

    Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
    (Psalm 1)

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    it won't stop them.. the'll find new targets or come back for more from him.
    Talk about "dispicable"

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