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Jack Phillips, whose case was heard by the Supreme Court five years ago after he objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Colorado Supreme Court dismisses transgender-cake lawsuit against Christian baker Jack Phillips

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colo., manages his shop, June 4, 2018, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law. The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in a lawsuit against Phillips, the Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition, one of three such cases from the state that have involved LGBTQ+ civil rights and First Amendment rights. Two cases have centered Phillips. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado Supreme Court takes up Christian baker’s refusal to create gender-transition cake

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Jack Phillips, who's case was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court five years ago after he objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Dec. 5, 2022. The Colorado Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in a lawsuit against Phillips, the Christian baker who refused to make a cake celebrating a gender transition, one of three such cases from the state that have involved LGBTQ+ civil rights and First Amendment rights. Two cases have centered Phillips. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Colorado justices consider a pink and blue cake’s meaning in a transgender discrimination case

By Mead Gruver - Associated Press

Jack Phillips, whose case was heard by the Supreme Court five years ago after he objected to designing a wedding cake for a gay couple, speaks to supporters outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The Colorado baker who won a partial U.S. Supreme Court victory after refusing to make a gay couple's wedding cake because of his Christian faith has lost an appeal in his latest legal fight. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Christian baker Jack Phillips tells Colorado Supreme Court it must honor high court’s ruling

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Persecuted Baker Jack Phillips Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

End legalized persecution of baker Jack Phillips

By Zachary Mettler

In this March 10, 2014, photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips cracks eggs into a cake batter mixer inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips' refusal to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) **FILE**

Colorado appeals court rules against baker in case of gender-transition birthday cake

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, file photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop in Lakewood, Colo. Baker, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012 is being sued by a lawyer for declining to make a cake celebrating her gender transition. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 the commission showed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned Phillips. The justices did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays or lesbians. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Christian baker Jack Phillips marks 10 years in court with transgender-cake case

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this March 10, 2014, photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips cracks eggs into a cake batter mixer inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips' refusal to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) **FILE**

Masterpiece Cakeshop’s Jack Phillips appeals ruling over gender-transition cake

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, file photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop in Lakewood, Colo. Baker, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012 is being sued by a lawyer for declining to make a cake celebrating her gender transition. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 the commission showed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned Phillips. The justices did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays or lesbians. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

‘The Holy Spirit was in my car’: How Colorado baker Jack Phillips became a Christian

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this March 10, 2014, photo, Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips cracks eggs into a cake batter mixer inside his store in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips' refusal to design a wedding cake for a same-sex couple led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley) **FILE**

Colorado court rules against Jack Phillips, Christian baker refusing to make gender-transition cake

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, file photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop in Lakewood, Colo. Baker, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012 is being sued by a lawyer for declining to make a cake celebrating her gender transition. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 the commission showed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned Phillips. The justices did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays or lesbians. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Jack Phillips, a Christian baker, hounded by lawsuits, threats years after Supreme Court ruling

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, file photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop in Lakewood, Colo. Baker, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012 is being sued by a lawyer for declining to make a cake celebrating her gender transition. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 the commission showed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned Phillips. The justices did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays or lesbians. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Jack Phillips, Christian baker, hounded by lawsuits, threats

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Jack Phillips, Christian baker, back in court for rebuffing gender-transition cake

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, file photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop in Lakewood, Colo. Baker, who refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012 is being sued by a lawyer for declining to make a cake celebrating her gender transition. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2018 the commission showed anti-religious bias when it sanctioned Phillips. The justices did not rule on the larger issue of whether businesses can invoke religious objections to refuse service to gays or lesbians. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado baker sued again over alleged LGBTQ bias

By COLLEEN SLEVIN - Associated Press

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop asks judge to dismiss lawsuit over gender-transition cake

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - This Nov. 8, 2017 file photo shows Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cake, during a rally in Lakewood, Colo. Phillips, the Colorado cake shop owner whose refusal to design a wedding cake for a same sex couple led to landmark Supreme Court ruling, has a book deal. Phillips' memoir, currently untitled, will be released this summer by Salem Books Publishing. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado baker who sparked Supreme Court case has book deal

Associated Press

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Jack Phillips, Colorado baker, asks court to dismiss transgender birthday cake lawsuit

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Monday, June 4, 2018, photograph, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he could refuse to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple because of his religious beliefs did not violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law in Lakewood, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

Jack Phillips, Colorado baker, faces new legal battle, this time over cake for transgender person

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Steve and Bridget Tennes, shown with five of their six children, are fighting the East Lansing city council's effort to bar them from a farmers' market based on their policy against hosting same-sex weddings on their farm in Charlotte, Michigan. (Provided courtesy of Alliance Defending Freedom)

Steve and Bridget Tennes of Country Mill Farm fight East Lansing to stay out of gay-wedding business

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

File - In this June 4, 2018, file photo, baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop in Lakewood, Colo. The state of Colorado and Phillips who refuses to make wedding cakes for gay and transgender customers on religious grounds have agreed to end their legal fight. A statement from the Colorado Attorney General's office on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, announced that the state and cakeshop owner Jack Phillips mutually agreed to end litigation in state and federal courts. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Colorado, baker end legal spat over transgender woman’s cake

By KATHLEEN FOODY - Associated Press