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Colorado Baker Sues State Again, After Refusing To Make Cake For Transgender Woman

Jack Phillips, who prevailed in a Supreme Court case about his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, is suing Colorado in a case involving a cake celebrating gender transition.
Baker Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, manages his shop in Lakewood, Colo., on Wednesday. He's suing state officials in a case involving his refusal to make a case celebrating gender transition.

The Colorado baker who won a Supreme Court case over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple is suing state officials, alleging religious discrimination over his refusal to make a cake celebrating a gender transition.

Attorneys for that the state is "continuing to single out Jack for punishment and to exhibit hostility toward his religious beliefs."

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