Colorado baker sues state officials, claiming continued religious persecution [View all]
Source: The Hill
BY MEGAN KELLER - 08/15/18 11:41 AM EDT
A Colorado baker who won a Supreme Court case after refusing to make a custom cake for a same-sex wedding is suing Gov. John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) and members of the state's Civil Rights Commission, saying he is still being persecuted for his religious believes.
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips filed the lawsuit late Tuesday night in U.S. District Court, The Denver Post reports. It alleges that Colorado officials are still trying to force him to bake cakes he finds objectionable, despite the Supreme Court ruling in June that found previous attempts to do so amounted to religious persecution.
According to the filing, an attorney called Phillips on the same day of the court's decision and asked him to make a cake that faded from pink to blue in celebration of a gender transition from male to female.
The request conflicted with Phillips religious beliefs and he declined, according to the lawsuit, which adds that Colorado officials found probable cause that state law required him to bake the requested cake 24 days later.
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