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| Subject: The Good: Colorado’s second case against Masterpiece Cakeshop and Jack Phillips crumbles Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:53 pm | |
| Shortly after Jack Phillips’ victory at the Supreme Court, the state of Colorado embarked on a second campaign to crush the Colorado cake artist and his small family business, Masterpiece Cakeshop. By seeking yet again to punish Jack for living out his faith, Colorado left little doubt that it harbored hostility toward religious people like Jack.
Throughout its second legal battle, evidence emerged that removed all doubt of that continued hostility. And on March 5, Colorado quit its second, ill-advised crusade against Jack.
Colorado commissioners have every incentive to minimize their defeat or to describe it as a legal truce, but it isn’t. Colorado has relentlessly pursued Jack for over six-and-a-half years, stripping him of 40 percent of his business and the wedding work he loves. But, now, the state’s harassment has come to an end.
As Jack’s attorneys, we’re delighted that he gets to go back to focusing on his cake art. And as advocates for religious liberty, we’re hopeful that Colorado’s failed crusades serve as warnings to other government officials hostile toward religious freedom.
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/colorados-second-crusade-against-jack-phillips-crumbles
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