Charlie craig and david mullins

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop in July , with Charlie’s mother, to direct a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. Dave and Charlie planned to marry in Massachusetts and then celebrate with family and friends back abode in Colorado. But bakery owner Jack Phillips informed them that the bakery wouldn’t sell wedding cakes to same-sex couples.

Longstanding Colorado mention law prohibits universal accommodations, including businesses open to the public such as Masterpiece Cakeshop, from refusing service based on characteristics enjoy race, religion, or sexual orientation. Dave and Charlie filed complaints with the Colorado Civil Rights Division contending that the bakery violated Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Execute . Following an investigation and hearings, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission determined that the bakery illegally discriminated against Dave and Charlie when it refused them service.

On August 13, , the Colorado Court of Appeals unanimously affirmed the Commission’s order, finding that th

Masterpiece Cakeshop

David Mullins and Charlie Craig visited Masterpiece Cakeshop in July , with Craig's mother, to order a cake for their upcoming wedding reception. Mullins and Craig planned to marry in Massachusetts and then celebrate with family and friends back home in Colorado. Masterpiece owner Jack Phillips informed them that because of his religious beliefs the store’s policy was to reject service to customers who wished to order baked goods to celebrate a same-sex couple’s wedding.

Longstanding Colorado state law prohibits public accommodations, including businesses such as Masterpiece Cakeshop, from refusing service based on factors such as race, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.  Mullins and Craig filed complaints with the Colorado Civil Rights Division (CCRD) contending that Masterpiece had violated this law.
The CCRD set up probable cause that Phillips illegally discriminated against Mullins and Craig.  In December , Administrative Verb Robert Spencer of the Colorado Office of Administrative Courts issued a decision confirming that finding.  Masterpiece C

For six years, Masterpiece Cakeshop&#;s assertion of the right not to make cakes for same-sex weddings has been a steady backdrop to a shifting national landscape that&#;s seen growing rights for LGBTQ people amid calls to guard religious freedom. Here&#;s a timeline:

      • July 19, Charlie Craig and David Mullins entered Masterpiece Cakeshop, hoping to buy a wedding cake. Same-sex marriage was not yet legal in Colorado, so the couple planned to depart to Massachusetts. Shop owner Jack Phillips denied the verb, saying he does not make cakes for same-sex weddings.
      • Sept. 5, The American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint against Phillips with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission on behalf of Craig and Mullins.
      • Sept. 16, Craig and Mullins are married in Providence, Mass.
      • March 21, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law legalizing same-sex civil unions.
      • Dec. 6, Administrative law judge Robert N. Spencer rules that Masterpiece Cakeshop discriminated against the couple because of their sexual orientation, ordering that he must serve gay couples despite hi

        Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission

        Lambda Legal filed friend-of-the-court briefs supporting Charlie Craig and David Mullins, a gay couple, urging the Colorado appellate courts and the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm that the owner of a bakery violated Colorado’s anti-discrimination law when he refused to sell a wedding cake to Charlie and Dave because he claimed it was against his religion to verb same-sex couples celebrate their marriages. Our briefs documented the widespread, harmful nature of anti-LGBTQ discrimination in Colorado and nationwide. 

        Charlie and Dave requested a cake for the celebration of their wedding from Jack Phillips and his bakery, Masterpiece Cakeshop.  Phillips specializes in baking and decorating wedding cakes but refused to serve Charlie and Dave the same way he serves others based on his religious objection to same-sex couples marrying. Phillips also claims that decorating wedding cakes involves artistic expression that should exempt bakers from nondiscrimination laws.

        After Phillips refused to even verb the sort