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Leroy N. Soetoro
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Despite the Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Colorado cake artist faces
new threats
You may recognize Jack Phillips. He’s the Colorado cake artist who was at
the center of one of the year’s most-talked-about U.S. Supreme Court
decisions. Although Jack won an important victory, the State of Colorado
didn’t get the message. It is targeting him again!
How did this happen?
For six years, Jack suffered. He faced threats and government punishment
simply because he runs his business according to his faith. Jack declined
a request to create a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex marriage.
Jack explained that he would be happy to design a cake for the customers
for a different event, or sell them anything else in his shop. But he just
could not create a cake expressing messages and celebrating an event that
conflicted with his deeply held religious beliefs about marriage. Still,
the couple filed a complaint, and the State of Colorado punished Jack for
living in accordance with his faith.
jack-concerned-look
“What’s surprising is that the same government that is supposed to be
protecting our rights is actually the biggest threat to them.”
— Jack Phillips
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court finally gave Jack justice when it handed
down its decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights
Commission. Jack won in a 7-2 ruling that upheld his religious freedom.
In its decision, the Supreme Court made clear that the government had been
hostile to Jack’s freedom of religion. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in
the majority opinion that “the Commission’s hostility was inconsistent
with the First Amendment’s guarantee that our laws be applied in a manner
that is neutral towards religion.” The Supreme Court decision made it
clear that the government must respect and show tolerance for people of
faith and their religious beliefs.
But although the highest court in the land ruled to protect Jack’s
freedom, he now faces a new threat from the state.
Jack is tested again
On the very day that the Supreme Court decided to hear Jack’s case in June
of 2017, an attorney called Jack’s shop asking for a custom cake. The
attorney wanted a cake that would be blue on the outside and pink on the
inside in order to celebrate that attorney’s transition from male to
female.
"Colorado just seems to be looking for opportunities to punish me for my
faith."
– Jack Phillips
Although it seemed obvious that Jack was being targeted and set up, he
treated the lawyer the same way that he would have treated any other
customer in that situation. Jack politely declined to create a custom cake
expressing a message that conflicted with his faith.
Jack has never before created a cake like the one this attorney requested.
He believes that God creates us male and female. This means our sex is a
God-given, biological reality, not something we choose based on our
feelings.
Once again, Jack acted based on his conscience. He did not turn his back
on his beliefs about human sexuality. And he did not give in to those who
would punish him for believing and living in light of this truth.
New threats and harassment from the state
When Jack declined this request, the attorney filed a complaint with the
same Colorado agency that prosecuted Jack before. The agency did not take
a position on this complaint while the Masterpiece case was pending in the
U.S. Supreme Court. But less than one month after the Supreme Court
condemned the state’s anti-religious hostility toward Jack in the first
case, the state agency made its first finding against Jack in this new
case. Obviously not getting the Supreme Court’s message the first time,
the state decided to target Jack again.
“The Supreme Court made it clear that Colorado can’t treat me worse than
other cake artists because of my religious beliefs,” said Jack. “But I’m
facing a new complaint for declining to create a custom cake that
expresses a message I would not communicate for anyone—something Colorado
has repeatedly said other cake artists have the freedom to do. Colorado
just seems to be looking for opportunities to punish me for my faith.”
Enough is enough. Now, we’re taking it to the state!
Alliance Defending Freedom is defending Jack again. But this time, we’re
not simply playing defense. We have filed a lawsuit against the relevant
state officials.
We have to put an end to this harassment.
And we are seeking your support so that all Americans can freely live out
their faith. It’s time to sue the government to protect Jack’s freedom!
Colorado’s anti-Christian hostility is showing itself yet again. The state
has doubled down on its unconstitutional effort to punish people of faith.
Jack just wants his life back. For six years, he fought for the right to
run his business consistently with his faith. And just when he thought it
was possible to go back to normal, the government is threatening him
again.
State agencies should be fair and impartial to the people who are before
them. But this agency is anything but that.
Jack had an encounter with Jesus
Both Jack and his wife Debi were raised in churchgoing families, but
neither put much stock in what they learned. They started their own family
with zero interest in anything related to faith.
But that all changed one morning as Jack finished a late shift and started
driving home.
“I just felt like God came into my car and convicted me of my sins,” he
says, recalling the conversation in his heart. “It just took a few
seconds. ‘You’re a sinner. You need a Savior. It’s Jesus Christ.’ I said,
‘You’re right. Let me clean up my life.’ He said, ‘You can’t.’ I said,
‘You’re right. I’m Yours.’ So I gave my life to Christ, driving home from
work.”
Telling Debi wasn’t so simple. Weeks before, she’d torn into a relative
who invited them to visit her church. Jack figured if she learned of his
conversion, she’d leave him.
But he couldn’t sleep. The voice in his soul kept urging him to tell her
what he’d done. He walked out to the kitchen. “I need to tell you
something,” he said. “I became a Christian today.” Tears come to his eyes,
remembering what came next.
“Me, too,” she said. “Three days ago.”
“We don’t want God to be part of our lives on just Sundays. We want Him to
be part of our lives every day.” — Jack Phillips
Jack wanted to honor God in his business
For Jack and Debi, becoming Christians changed everything. So when Jack
started his cakeshop in 1993, it was not only to provide for his family
and his employees, but also to honor God through his work every day.
The very name of Jack’s shop — Masterpiece Cakeshop — not only reflects
that Jack designs artistic cakes, but it’s a constant reminder to him that
he operates his business in service to his ultimate Master — Jesus Christ.
jack-Aug-18-paint-work
“I wanted customers to say, ‘Wow! This isn’t just a bakery … it’s a place
where you go to get a cake that’s art.’"
— Jack Phillips
Jack has always been an artist
When Jack opened Masterpiece Cakeshop, he wanted to use his artistic
talents to design custom cakes that were both imaginative and personal.
From an early age, Jack had developed his expertise in painting, drawing,
and cartooning. Now he had the opportunity to combine those gifts with his
skills as a pastry chef to create beautiful works of art.
“I wanted customers to say, ‘Wow! This isn’t just a bakery … it’s a place
where you go to get a cake that’s art,’” Jack says.
“Masterpiece implies the artwork aspect, where we take the different
artistic tools and colors and palettes to create the artwork,” Jack says.
Still trusting in God
Jack was shocked the first time his business, his faith, and even his
family became the subject of threats and punishment. And now, even with an
important Supreme Court victory behind him, Jack is facing government
harassment once again.
After everything that’s happened, Jack continues to trust in God’s plan
for his life and for the future of his business.
Will you stand with Jack, and with others who are being threatened with
punishment for living out their faith, to provide the strong legal defense
they need?
Please help as generously as you can.
Your gift today is also critical because the income we receive determines
the resources that we have to fight. We want to be able to provide the
strongest possible legal defense for Jack and others who are — and will
continue to be — threatened with the loss of their religious freedom.
jack-Aug-18-grandchild
Jack Phillips is standing by his deeply held religious convictions, and
placing the future of his business in God’s hands.
Your gift will be doubled by a matching grant
A generous group of Ministry Friends has given a matching grant to help
defend Jack and others like him. Through the power of the match, every
dollar you give now will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $2 million!
Alliance Defending Freedom has established a record of success in
defending your religious freedom. But your help is critically needed now.
Because, for Jack and many others, the fight is not over.
Donate now.
https://www.adflegal.org/enough-is-enough/donate
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denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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Despite the Supreme Court ruling in his favor, Colorado cake artist faces
new threats
You may recognize Jack Phillips. He’s the Colorado cake artist who was at
the center of one of the year’s most-talked-about U.S. Supreme Court
decisions. Although Jack won an important victory, the State of Colorado
didn’t get the message. It is targeting him again!
How did this happen?
For six years, Jack suffered. He faced threats and government punishment
simply because he runs his business according to his faith. Jack declined
a request to create a wedding cake celebrating a same-sex marriage.
Jack explained that he would be happy to design a cake for the customers
for a different event, or sell them anything else in his shop. But he just
could not create a cake expressing messages and celebrating an event that
conflicted with his deeply held religious beliefs about marriage. Still,
the couple filed a complaint, and the State of Colorado punished Jack for
living in accordance with his faith.
jack-concerned-look
“What’s surprising is that the same government that is supposed to be
protecting our rights is actually the biggest threat to them.”
— Jack Phillips
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court finally gave Jack justice when it handed
down its decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights
Commission. Jack won in a 7-2 ruling that upheld his religious freedom.
In its decision, the Supreme Court made clear that the government had been
hostile to Jack’s freedom of religion. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in
the majority opinion that “the Commission’s hostility was inconsistent
with the First Amendment’s guarantee that our laws be applied in a manner
that is neutral towards religion.” The Supreme Court decision made it
clear that the government must respect and show tolerance for people of
faith and their religious beliefs.
But although the highest court in the land ruled to protect Jack’s
freedom, he now faces a new threat from the state.
Jack is tested again
On the very day that the Supreme Court decided to hear Jack’s case in June
of 2017, an attorney called Jack’s shop asking for a custom cake. The
attorney wanted a cake that would be blue on the outside and pink on the
inside in order to celebrate that attorney’s transition from male to
female.
"Colorado just seems to be looking for opportunities to punish me for my
faith."
– Jack Phillips
Although it seemed obvious that Jack was being targeted and set up, he
treated the lawyer the same way that he would have treated any other
customer in that situation. Jack politely declined to create a custom cake
expressing a message that conflicted with his faith.
Jack has never before created a cake like the one this attorney requested.
He believes that God creates us male and female. This means our sex is a
God-given, biological reality, not something we choose based on our
feelings.
Once again, Jack acted based on his conscience. He did not turn his back
on his beliefs about human sexuality. And he did not give in to those who
would punish him for believing and living in light of this truth.
New threats and harassment from the state
When Jack declined this request, the attorney filed a complaint with the
same Colorado agency that prosecuted Jack before. The agency did not take
a position on this complaint while the Masterpiece case was pending in the
U.S. Supreme Court. But less than one month after the Supreme Court
condemned the state’s anti-religious hostility toward Jack in the first
case, the state agency made its first finding against Jack in this new
case. Obviously not getting the Supreme Court’s message the first time,
the state decided to target Jack again.
“The Supreme Court made it clear that Colorado can’t treat me worse than
other cake artists because of my religious beliefs,” said Jack. “But I’m
facing a new complaint for declining to create a custom cake that
expresses a message I would not communicate for anyone—something Colorado
has repeatedly said other cake artists have the freedom to do. Colorado
just seems to be looking for opportunities to punish me for my faith.”
Enough is enough. Now, we’re taking it to the state!
Alliance Defending Freedom is defending Jack again. But this time, we’re
not simply playing defense. We have filed a lawsuit against the relevant
state officials.
We have to put an end to this harassment.
And we are seeking your support so that all Americans can freely live out
their faith. It’s time to sue the government to protect Jack’s freedom!
Colorado’s anti-Christian hostility is showing itself yet again. The state
has doubled down on its unconstitutional effort to punish people of faith.
Jack just wants his life back. For six years, he fought for the right to
run his business consistently with his faith. And just when he thought it
was possible to go back to normal, the government is threatening him
again.
State agencies should be fair and impartial to the people who are before
them. But this agency is anything but that.
Jack had an encounter with Jesus
Both Jack and his wife Debi were raised in churchgoing families, but
neither put much stock in what they learned. They started their own family
with zero interest in anything related to faith.
But that all changed one morning as Jack finished a late shift and started
driving home.
“I just felt like God came into my car and convicted me of my sins,” he
says, recalling the conversation in his heart. “It just took a few
seconds. ‘You’re a sinner. You need a Savior. It’s Jesus Christ.’ I said,
‘You’re right. Let me clean up my life.’ He said, ‘You can’t.’ I said,
‘You’re right. I’m Yours.’ So I gave my life to Christ, driving home from
work.”
Telling Debi wasn’t so simple. Weeks before, she’d torn into a relative
who invited them to visit her church. Jack figured if she learned of his
conversion, she’d leave him.
But he couldn’t sleep. The voice in his soul kept urging him to tell her
what he’d done. He walked out to the kitchen. “I need to tell you
something,” he said. “I became a Christian today.” Tears come to his eyes,
remembering what came next.
“Me, too,” she said. “Three days ago.”
“We don’t want God to be part of our lives on just Sundays. We want Him to
be part of our lives every day.” — Jack Phillips
Jack wanted to honor God in his business
For Jack and Debi, becoming Christians changed everything. So when Jack
started his cakeshop in 1993, it was not only to provide for his family
and his employees, but also to honor God through his work every day.
The very name of Jack’s shop — Masterpiece Cakeshop — not only reflects
that Jack designs artistic cakes, but it’s a constant reminder to him that
he operates his business in service to his ultimate Master — Jesus Christ.
jack-Aug-18-paint-work
“I wanted customers to say, ‘Wow! This isn’t just a bakery … it’s a place
where you go to get a cake that’s art.’"
— Jack Phillips
Jack has always been an artist
When Jack opened Masterpiece Cakeshop, he wanted to use his artistic
talents to design custom cakes that were both imaginative and personal.
From an early age, Jack had developed his expertise in painting, drawing,
and cartooning. Now he had the opportunity to combine those gifts with his
skills as a pastry chef to create beautiful works of art.
“I wanted customers to say, ‘Wow! This isn’t just a bakery … it’s a place
where you go to get a cake that’s art,’” Jack says.
“Masterpiece implies the artwork aspect, where we take the different
artistic tools and colors and palettes to create the artwork,” Jack says.
Still trusting in God
Jack was shocked the first time his business, his faith, and even his
family became the subject of threats and punishment. And now, even with an
important Supreme Court victory behind him, Jack is facing government
harassment once again.
After everything that’s happened, Jack continues to trust in God’s plan
for his life and for the future of his business.
Will you stand with Jack, and with others who are being threatened with
punishment for living out their faith, to provide the strong legal defense
they need?
Please help as generously as you can.
Your gift today is also critical because the income we receive determines
the resources that we have to fight. We want to be able to provide the
strongest possible legal defense for Jack and others who are — and will
continue to be — threatened with the loss of their religious freedom.
jack-Aug-18-grandchild
Jack Phillips is standing by his deeply held religious convictions, and
placing the future of his business in God’s hands.
Your gift will be doubled by a matching grant
A generous group of Ministry Friends has given a matching grant to help
defend Jack and others like him. Through the power of the match, every
dollar you give now will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $2 million!
Alliance Defending Freedom has established a record of success in
defending your religious freedom. But your help is critically needed now.
Because, for Jack and many others, the fight is not over.
Donate now.
https://www.adflegal.org/enough-is-enough/donate
--
Donald J. Trump, 304 electoral votes to 227, defeated compulsive liar in
denial Hillary Rodham Clinton on December 19th, 2016. The clown car
parade of the democrat party ran out of gas and got run over by a Trump
truck.
Congratulations President Trump. Thank you for cleaning up the disaster
of the Obama presidency.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp.
ObamaCare is a total 100% failure and no lie that can be put forth by its
supporters can dispute that.
Obama jobs, the result of ObamaCare. 12-15 working hours a week at minimum
wage, no benefits and the primary revenue stream for ObamaCare. It can't
be funded with money people don't have, yet liberals lie about how great
it is.
Obama increased total debt from $10 trillion to $20 trillion in the eight
years he was in office, and sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood queer
liberal democrat donors.
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