What Bakery Case Ruling Means For Colorado Civil Rights Commission

Monday's U. S. Supreme Court decision in favor of Jack Phillips and his Masterpiece Cakeshop focused on the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, overturning its ruling against Phillips for refusing to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.Legal experts say the ruling likely will have little impact on the commission or on Colorado's law barring discrimination.But the ruling prompted Republican lawmakers to attack the commission, with Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City, saying the panel should be "depoliticized, de-radicalized and returned to its original mission - to protect the civil liberties of all Coloradans, not just a select few."Phillips' attorney warned that they're ready to take on the stateRead more on Colorado Springs Gazette

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