How Did Jack C. Phillips Decide To Decorate A Cake?

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In July of 2012, a same sex couple went to a cake shop in Lakewood, Co looking forward to getting a cake decorated for their wedding. But, the owner Jack C. Phillips declined to decorate a cake for their wedding, causing the couple to file charges discrimination against the shop. Although the case is still pending, This incident is what created the court case Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. The court has not made a decision on what to do about this case. The court should decide to make the owner make the cake anyways. Because the cake shop is not a private one, whatever happened to the separation of church and state? If Jack C. Phillips can make a cake for a straight couple. Why not a same sex couple? Love

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