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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe homophobic Masterpiece Cakeshop baker did an ad opposing a gay candidate
By Alex Bollinger · Monday, October 29, 2018
Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakeshop doesnt believe gay people should be allowed to marry, and now hes trying to keep a gay man out of the governors office.
For years, Phillips has been fighting for a religious exemption to Colorados anti-discrimination law. He refused to sell a wedding cake to a gay couple claiming that he has no problem with LGBTQ people, he is just religiously opposed to marriage equality and took his case all the way to the Supreme Court earlier this year. But he recently appeared in an ad opposing gay Democrat Jared Poliss campaign for governor of Colorado, produced by the Family Policy Alliance.
While the ad doesnt reference the fact that Polis is gay, it links Polis to Phillipss story, saying that he would appoint even more radical members to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and that he supports hostility toward Jacks faith.
While the ad doesnt reference the fact that Polis is gay, it links Polis to Phillipss story, saying that he would appoint even more radical members to the Colorado Civil Rights Commission and that he supports hostility toward Jacks faith.
The ad appears to have been removed from YouTube, and pages about the ad on the Family Policy Alliances website that are still linked on Google have been removed as well. Only a press release about the ad remains on their site, and the link to the ad in that release goes to a donation page.
Phillipss case partly depends on proving that he was not motivated by bias against gay people. Appearing in ads to keep a gay man out of office isnt helping.
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https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/10/homophobic-masterpiece-cakeshop-baker-ad-opposing-gay-candidate/
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The homophobic Masterpiece Cakeshop baker did an ad opposing a gay candidate (Original Post)
DonViejo
Oct 2018
OP
Oopsie, don't want people to know how you really feel, by having to "remove" your offending video
MagickMuffin
Oct 2018
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Vinca
(50,273 posts)1. You know what they say about people who protest too much . . .
fescuerescue
(4,448 posts)2. He must very wealthy
Funding ads isn't cheap. Neither is taking a case to all the way to the Supreme Court.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)5. Phillips got A LOT of donations for his Supreme Court case
This case should prove once and for all gay people are not violent. If Phillips was a gay man who refused to make a cake for a Christian wedding, the Hard Right would have killed him and demolished his shop.
MagickMuffin
(15,942 posts)3. Oopsie, don't want people to know how you really feel, by having to "remove" your offending video
This is who you are, Jack.
magicarpet
(14,150 posts)4. He knows he is a Fascist,..
But his JESUS Good House Keeping seal of approval makes it all fine & okay.