When are we pushing the line to far
(In the article he denied making a gay couple a cake per his religious beliefs but offered to make them anything else but the cake and it's not like they couldn't go somewhere else)
In turn they filed a lawsuit against the cake owner
He has to submit quarterly reports to the government about his selling of cakes
Since when has America been about forcing rehabilitation to people who have opposing views, so much for the land of the free.
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A family owned bakery has been ordered to make wedding cakes for gay couples and guarantee that its staff be given comprehensive training on Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws after the state’s Civil Rights Commission determined the Christian baker violated the law by refusing to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, in Lakewood, Colorado was directed to change his store policies immediately and force his staff to attend the training sessions. For the next two years, Phillips will also be required to submit quarterly reports to the commission to confirm that he has not turned away customers based on their sexual orientation.
“They are turning people of faith into religious refugees. ... Is this the society that we want to live in – where people of faith are driven out of business?”
- Nicolle Martin, attorney, Alliance Defending Freedom
Think of it as reverse conversion therapy (or straight man’s rehab) so that the state can mandate diversity through conformity.
The plight of Jack Phillips and his family is something I write about in my new book, “God Less America.” His story of religious persecution is one of many that I document.
Nicolle Martin, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, called the ruling Orwellian and said they are considering an appeal.
“They are turning people of faith into religious refugees,” Martin told me. “Is this the society that we want to live in – where people of faith are driven out of business?”
“There’s a collision between religious liberty and the gay rights movement,” Martin told me.
“This collision is coming to the forefront almost every day. Somebody is losing their liberty, their job or both.”
But thank goodness for someone like Jack Phillips, who refused to capitulate to the government’s demands.
“My God is bigger than any bullies they’ve got,” he said. “I don’t worry about it. I honor my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and be true to what He wants me to do.”
And the Civil Rights Commission is going to have a mighty hard time trying to “rehabilitate” Phillips and his staff.
“My 87-year-old mom works here and she says she’s not being rehabilitated,” he said.
Martin said the Alliance Defending Freedom will “continue to stand with Jack against overreach and tyranny by the state.”
“Jack has gone out on a limb and taken this stand – and not capitulated to the government’s demands,” she said. “That speaks volumes about him.”
And should the highest court in the land force Jack to do the bidding of homosexuals?
“There’s civil disobedience,” Phillips told me. “We’ll see what happens. I’m not giving up my faith. Too many people have died for this faith to give it up that easily.”
Meanwhile, the bullying tactics of the militant gay rights community have not hampered the bakery’s bottom line. They’ve gotten so much business from the sales of cookies and brownies, they’ve temporarily stopped making wedding cakes.
“Obey Christ rather than worry about what man can do to you,” Phillips said.
There you have it, folks. In Colorado, you can’t have your cake and religious beliefs, too.
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http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/03/baker-forced-to-make-gay-wedding-cakes-undergo-sensitivity-training-after/
