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After His Supreme Court Victory, How Can Jack Phillips Possibly Be in Trouble Again?

After His Supreme Court Victory, How Can Jack Phillips Possibly Be in Trouble Again? Read Transcript


- Six years ago authoritieswent after Jack Phillips

for refusing to bake acake for a gay wedding.

Now he's in trouble again,this time for refusing

to bake a cake to celebratea gender transition.

- The Bible teaches thatGod made male and female

and I believe that wedon't get to choose that

and we don't get to change that.

- [Heather] That's a politically incorrect

belief these days.

Regent University law professor Brad Jacob

says it makes sense that Phillips

is once again in hot water.

- Phillips has become a target now.

The lesbian, gay, bisexual,transgender community

in Colorado has focused on him.

He's become kind of theposter boy of Christians

who don't accept all thepractices of the gay community

and so it's not particularly surprising

that they're going after him again.

- [Heather] The Supreme Courtsruling helps put the target

on Phillips back by failing to address

his claim that he has theright to obey his conscience.

Instead, the justices blamethe Colorado civil rights

commission for showinghostility to his beliefs

and now that the commissionis after him again,

Phillips says that hostility is back too.

But this time, he'sgoing on the offensive.

- The state is essentiallyempowering people

who wanna harass him tofile these complaints

and to essentially bring him down

by continuing to harass him

through these discrimination charges.

And so we need the federalcourt to step in and say

the state can't allow that.

- [Heather] Jacob says it'snot clear that the commission

is indeed targeting Phillips,although he believes

it could have ignoredthe latest complaint.

- The commission certainly could say

we've already gone after this guy once,

let's drop it, let's leave him alone.

- What's needed ultimatelyis for the high court

to decide just how people of faith

can draw a line when it comes to issues

such as same sex marriageand gender transition

that go against their beliefs.

Until then, Christians andothers face a host of questions

with uncertain consequences.

Heather Sells, CBN News.

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