The announcement by the Colorado Supreme Court is the latest development in the yearslong legal saga involving Jack Phillips and LGBTQ+ rights.
Political Cartoons View All 1196 ImagesEarlier this year, the Colorado Court of Appeals sided with Scardina in the case, ruling that the cake was not a form of speech.
“We are grateful that the Colorado Supreme Court will hear Jack Phillips’ case to hopefully uphold every Coloradan’s freedom to express what they believe,” said Jake Warner, Phillips' Alliance Defending Freedom attorney.
Phillips maintains that the cakes he creates are a form of speech and asked the state Supreme Court to consider his appeal in April.
Scardina, an attorney, attempted to order her cake on the same day in 2017 that the Supreme Court announced it would hear Phillips’ appeal in the wedding cake case.
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