Letters: Challenging The Baker — The Right To Free Speech, Or The Right To Discriminate?

TJ Hutchinson, Denver Post
Sun, 06/30/2024 - 5:01am

The right to free speech, or the right to discriminate? Re: “Jack Phillips’ cakes are expression and should be protected,” June 23 commentary Krista Kafer’s Sunday editorial defending “Jack Phillip’s cakes” does make sense on the most superficial level. Should a hired singer have to sing a racist song for a Ku Klux Klan rally?

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