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    Can Businesses Turn Away LGBT Customers? Court Battles Bubbling Back Up

    A central question related to LGBTQ rights may again be headed to the U.S. Supreme Court:
    by Allison Sherry Feb 10, 2019 3 minutes
    Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado has declined to make a custom cake for a gay wedding and now for a gender transition.

    The original story behind the Masterpiece Cakeshop case is both undisputed and well known: a gay couple in Colorado walked into the bakery in 2012 and asked for wedding cake. The owner and master baker Jack Phillips declined to make a custom cake for their party because he said their union violated his religious beliefs.

    The couple filed a complaint with the state's civil rights commission, which found Phillips was violating the state's anti-discrimination laws that prohibit businesses from discriminating against LGBTQ people.

    The battle between the two sides, the state and Phillips, eventually

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