Mullins v. Masterpiece Cakeshop, Inc

How courts have described this case

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• holding that baker's refusal to make wedding cake for same-sex marriage violated public accommodations provision of state Anti-Discrimination Act (Co. REV. STAT. §§ 24-34- 401 to 24-34-406) and rejecting free speech and free exercise defenses
• stating that Mr. Craig and Mr. Mullins “requested that Phillips design and create a cake to celebrate their same-sex wed- ding”
• stating that Mr. Craig and Mr. Mullins “requested that Phillips design and create a cake to celebrate their same-sex wed- ding”
• concluding “the act of designing and selling a wedding cake to all customers free of discrimination does not convey a celebratory message about same-sex weddings likely to be understood by those who view it”
• finding Colorado’s antidiscrimination statute, which prohibits places of public accommodation from refusing services on the basis of sexual orientation, did not violate the baker’s freedom of speech or freedom of religion
• “designing and selling a wedding cake”

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