Explained: Why did this Christian baker refuse to make a gender transition cake?
By 
Heather Tomlinson2024-10-15T08:53:00
The US-based baker Jack Phillips has been heavily criticised for refusing to make cakes which promote LGBT messages. After a lengthy legal battle, the Colorado Supreme Court has thrown the case out. Heather Tomlinson reports
Why are ‘gay’ cakes in the news again?
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips has been in a long legal battle with transgender lawyer Autumn Scardina, who had asked Phillips’ small family business to bake a cake to celebrate gender transition in 2017, but been refused. Now, the Colorado Supreme Court has decided it doesn’t have jurisdiction to make this decision and so dismissed the case.
What actually happened?
According to court documents…
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