Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop attacked by Trans lawyer
Cake artist Jack Phillips opened Masterpiece Cakeshop nearly 30 years ago, in 1993. And he’s been a fixture in the community of Lakewood, Colorado ever since. He’s watched families grow from young couples requesting wedding cakes to parents ordering graduation cakes for their children. Soft-spoken and genuine, Jack welcomes the down-and-out into Masterpiece Cakeshop and strikes up a conversation with them over coffee and cookies. He’s the kind of man that lends out his best car to those in need and drives around a clunker instead. Over the years, Jack has fostered an atmosphere of warmth and refuge at Masterpiece Cakeshop. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said for state officials in Colorado—who have instead created an atmosphere of hostility toward Jack and anyone else who shares his religious beliefs. It all started in 2012 when Colorado officials came after Jack for declining to create a custom cake celebrating a same-sex wedding. Jack serves all customers. But he declines to create...