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   DENVER (KDVR) — Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips was back in court   
   to appeal a decision from last year that punished him for refusing to bake   
   a birthday cake with colors intended to celebrate a gender transition.   
      
   Phillips has been in and out of court over the past 10 years defending his   
   decision to turn away customers asking for cakes that send messages he   
   does not believe in.   
      
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   In 2017, one case against him made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme   
   Court. The nation’s highest court ruled in his favor after he refused in   
   2012 to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple based on his religious   
   beliefs.   
      
   Shop owner claims he refuses many kinds of cakes   
   “At Masterpiece, we serve everybody that comes in our shop, but as we try   
   to point out, we can’t create every message that people ask us to create,”   
   Phillips said.   
      
   He said he also refuses to bake and decorate erotic cakes, Halloween   
   cakes, cakes that are anti-American and designs that would insult someone.   
      
   The same day the Supreme Court announced it would hear the case involving   
   Masterpiece Cakeshop, Autumn Scardina called the bakery to order a pink   
   cake with blue frosting. She was told no.   
      
   “A pink cake with blue frosting is something they testified they would   
   make and sell to the general public,” an attorney for Scardina said in   
   court Wednesday. “If you make that cake for one person, then you must make   
   it available to the general public.”   
      
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   In 2021, Scardina won her lawsuit against Masterpiece Cakeshop. Now,   
   Phillips is appealing.   
      
   “The First Amendment protects his decision to decline,” Phillips’ attorney   
   argued in court.   
      
   An appeals court will consider each side’s argument. It is unclear when a   
   decision could come down.   
      
   “I’m faithful and hopeful that the court continues to respect Colorado’s   
   standing laws that say all people should be entitled to goods and services   
   on an equal basis and that the rights and dignities of LGBTQ people be   
   maintained,” Scardina said outside of court Wednesday.   
      
   While each side has major differences in what they believe is right, the   
   reason they both keep fighting is strikingly similar.   
      
   “Because it’s not really about me. It’s about the dignity of LGBTQ   
   Americans and Coloradans,” Scardina said.   
      
   “This is not just about Masterpiece Cakeshop. This is about the rights of   
   all Americans,” Phillips said.   
      
   https://kdvr.com/news/local/baker-back-in-court-after-refusing-   
   transgender-customer/   
      
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