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WASHINGTON — His vote likely to decide the outcome, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy voiced competing concerns Tuesday about respecting the religious beliefs of a Lakewood baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, and the gay couple’s dignity. Kennedy, the author of all the court’s major gay-rights cases, worried early in […]

WASHINGTON — It is a legal battle that began more than five years ago when Denver residents David Mullins and Charlie Craig went into a Lakewood bakery to look for a wedding cake and were denied because of the baker’s religious beliefs. On Tuesday, the case will be heard in front of the U.S. Supreme […]

WASHINGTON — In a legal case with profound implications for LGBT rights and religion’s place in public life, the opposing sides agree on this: It’s not about the cake. At its core, the case that goes before the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments on Dec. 5 is a showdown between a gay couple from […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the First Amendment challenge by a Lakewood baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, it was announced Monday.

DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court declined to hear the case of a Lakewood baker who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. The decision upholds a ruling by the Colorado Court of Appeals last summer that found Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips cannot cite religious beliefs or free-speech rights in refusing to […]

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Bad news for “Doctor Who” fans — Netflix’s entire library of Who-verse offerings is leaving in February 2016. A similar announcement came a year ago at this time, — and it included other BBC shows like “Luther” and the U.K. “Office” — but there was such an outcry from fans that […]

DENVER — The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a Lakewood baker discriminated against a gay couple in 2012 for refusing to make a cake for their same-sex wedding ceremony.

DENVER — The Colorado Court of Appeals will hear arguments Tuesday in the case of a same-sex couple that has sued a Lakewood bakery. The couple wanted the bakery to make them a wedding cake, but the owner of the shop refused. The case has been ongoing for the past couple of years. The gay […]

DENVER — At the Azucar Bakery along South Broadway, love is spread one stroke at a time. But even love has its limits. So when a still-unidentified customer came into her shop about a year ago asking to have a gay slur written on a Bible-shaped cake, owner Marjorie Silva said she felt she had […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A battle between a Lakewood baker and a gay couple could finally come to an end today. The state’s Civil Rights Commission is expected to make a decision about whether the bakery discriminated against the couple after refusing service. In August 2012, it was a time of joy for David Mullins and […]

DENVER — The Colorado Civil Rights Commission ruled Friday that Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood was in violation of the state’s Anti-Discrimination Act by refusing to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple. The commission rejected the bakery’s appeal of an earlier ruling by an administrative judge of unlawful discrimination. In August 2012, David Mullins […]

LAKEWOOD, Colo. — A bakery owner who refused to sell a gay couple a cake for their wedding reception broke discrimination laws, a Colorado judge determined Friday. Dave Mullins and Charlie Craig attempted to buy the cake in July of 2012. They planned to marry in Massachusetts, then hold a reception with friends and family in […]