According to CBS News, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled in August that the Christian faith of Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, Colorado, did not exempt him from making cakes for gay weddings, as such an act constitutes discrimination.

That ruling came after a decision made in May 2014 by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, requiring Phillips to make cakes for same-sex celebrations, to engage in "re-educating his staff" and to file reports for two years that show that he is adhering to the state's anti-discrimination laws.

According to Phillips' attorneys with the Alliance Defending Freedom, the latest move is an attempt to secure a religious-freedom exemption for the baker and other Christians like him seeking to abide by their religious beliefs.

"The freedom to live and work consistently with one's faith is at the heart of what it means to be an American," Jeremy Tedesco, a lawyer with the firm, said in a press release. "Jack simply exercised the long-cherished American freedom to..."

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