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Federal Judge: Christian Baker Can Sue State of Colorado for Religious Persecution

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I previously covered beleaguered Christian baker Jack Phillips’s plight in the Colorado court system (see more — including the media’s stunning response — here and here). Jack believes he’s being persecuted by the state for his faith. As it happens, the Supreme Court has previously agreed with that notion.

Now another robed-and-gaveled official has sided with Phillips.

A federal judge ruled last week that Jack — owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop — can sue the state for its bias against religion.

Jack’s been stuck in court for some time — finally free of the legal web into which he was thrust after he refused to bake a cake for a gay wedding, the Colorado Civil Rights Commission moved against him for declining to bake a cake in celebration of someone’s gender transition.

Jack’d already won his initial case in the nation’s highest court; yet, the state of Colorado decided to prosecute him still.

The Alliance Defending Freedom — representing Jack — released a statement regarding their lawsuit:

And check this out:

Whoa.

Here’s a bit more:

Republican Rep. Doug Lamborn is on his side, as indicated in September via a letter to then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions:

The man just wants to bake cakes. Ones that don’t go against his beliefs. In a free country, he should be allowed to do just that, and be left alone by those who oppose his views. That’s what liberty is: freedom to, but also — and perhaps even moreso — freedom from. 

Perhaps Jack’s lawsuit will finally — for him — let freedom ring.

-Alex

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Source: https://www.redstate.com/alexparker/2019/01/14/jack-phillips-judge-rule-sue-colorado-religious-discrimination/


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