But Colorado has barred Phillips from making any more wedding cakes because he refuses to abide by its civil rights law. The couple filed a discrimination complaint with the state civil rights commission. The broader civil rights laws apply mostly along the East Coast from Maryland to Maine, in the upper Midwest and on the West Coast. The seven-member Colorado Civil Rights Commission and a state appeals court agreed. Until this year, religious rights claims had little success in the courts.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 12, 2017 09:56 UTC