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Colorado baker loses appeal over transgender birthday cake
The Christian baker, Jack Phillips, maintains that the cakes he creates are a form of speech and plans to appeal.
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He initially agreed to bake the birthday cake, pink with blue frosting, but then reneged when the customer said she intended to also celebrate her transition from male to female.
“We conclude that creating a pink cake with blue frosting is not inherently expressive and any message or symbolism it provides to an observer would not be attributed to the baker,” said the court, which also rejected procedural arguments from Phillips.
“They just object to the idea of Ms. Scardina wanting a birthday cake that reflects her status as a transgender woman because they object to the existence of transgender people,” he said of Phillips and his shop.
The Colorado Human Rights Commission has not joined the lawsuit.