Months after winning a Supreme Court case over his refusal to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, Colorado baker Jack Phillips is setting up for another legal showdown. Phillips, ordered by the state Civil Rights Commission into mediation with a trans customer of his Masterpiece Cakeshop for whom he had refused to bake a cake, sued Colorado officials in federal court on Tuesday, claiming they violated his rights to freedom of speech and religion. “Colorado has renewed its war against him by embarking on another attempt to prosecute him,” the lawsuit alleges. Scardina filed a complaint with the state Civil Rights Commission, claiming discrimination based on her sex. John Hickenlooper (D) and Civil Rights Commission members, that the Supreme Court ruling allows him to decline customers for religious reasons.

Source: Huffington Post August 15, 2018 19:07 UTC