In late 2012 a gay couple made up of Charlie Craig and David Mullins walked into Masterpiece Cake Shop in Lakewood Colorado with Craig’s mother and a binder of wedding ideas as well as an optimistic attitude. According to the couple when they walked in and asked the baker, Mr. Jack Phillips for a wedding cake following that he asked who it was for. The couple reported that after they said it was for them he denied them a cake because of his religious views which condemn same-sex marriage. The baker did add that he offered them anything else in his shop just not something that would make a “statement” against his beliefs. Now, because of this incident the 7 year anniversary from the time they met was spent in court on December 5th 2017. This …show more content…
Should a craftsmen be able to discriminate against a same sex couple if their faith condemns gay marriage? That is the topic of the debate. The case’s intricacy comes from the fact that ruling in favor of the baker could open the floodgates to many forms of discrimination against many different types of people if someone’s interpretation of the bible condemns that person’s race, sexual orientation, as well as many other characteristics that make humans unique. For that reason justices may change their opinion and vote for the gay couple, but another strong counter argument can be made there as well. The argument being that according to the First Amendment citizens of the United States are granted with freedom of religion and arguably when he denied the couple a wedding cake Jack Phillips was exercising his amendment protected religion. While 4 justices vote for the baker and four against him the deciding vote comes from the 84 year old judge, Justice Anthony McLeod