Colorado baker Jack Phillips in trouble again, refused cake for transgender woman

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$tevie wrote:
Is this the only baker in the county, or was someone looking to file a lawsuit?

I'm sorry, but I think this is stupid. There are far more serious issues for transgendered people than the fact that an ahole bigot won't bake a cake for them. This guy is going to have every person seeking a fight, a lawsuit, or a chance to punch him out coming through his door.

I gather this is more about doing the legal spade work to build legal precedents to protect rights and fight discrimination on broader basis than the particulars of just this case. The ruling in his favor was very narrowly defined and not definitive on the larger issues involved, so further litigation was inevitable.

There are more than enough people willing and able to do the grunt work needed to continue the fight to protect rights and guard against bias. There are always multiple fronts to be manned, some may seem less important than others, but are still part of the overarching fabric being created.