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A Christian baker who had a legal victory in the Supreme Court is being targeted with a third lawsuit over his refusal to bake cakes which push LGBT ideology.
Jack Phillips, a baker in the US state of Colorado, is being sued for refusing to bake a “gender transition” cake.
Phillips rose to prominence when in 2012 he refused to bake a “same-sex wedding” cake.
The first legal action went all way to the Supreme Court which, in 2018, handed down a 7-2 decision in his favour.
The Christian Post reported:
The Supreme Court ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission has been seen as one of the more important modern religious liberty cases to reach the high court. Though a decisive majority of justices sided with Phillips, the scope of the ruling was narrow in that it focused on the Colorado Commission's lack of neutrality. The high court did not weigh in on the deeper conflict between anti-discrimination statutes and the free exercise of religion and free speech.
A later second action against Phillips, for refusing to bake a “gender transition cake” – blue on the outside, pink on the inside – was not pursued by the state after the baker countersued.
However, according to the Alliance Defending Freedom, which is representing Phillips:
The same attorney who filed the second complaint has filed another lawsuit against Jack in state court. This latest lawsuit seeks monetary damages and attorney’s fees from Jack. If successful, it could bring about financial ruin for Jack and his family.
But that shouldn’t happen because Jack serves all people—he just can’t express every message or celebrate every event that’s asked of him.
And he shouldn’t be forced to.
No American should be bullied or banished from the marketplace simply for living and working consistently with their faith. But this new lawsuit threatens to do just that.
The state court heard oral arguments in the current (third) case last Thursday.
The Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a motion for it to be dismissed.