Trump admin backs Colorado baker who refused to make cake for same-sex wedding [View all]

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By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter
Updated 6:41 AM ET, Fri September 8, 2017

Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is backing a Colorado baker who refused to create a cake for the wedding of a same-sex couple.

The case -- one of the most important to be heard this term -- pits advocates for religious liberty against supporters of LGBT rights.

In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the Supreme Court, the Justice Department urged the court to side with Masterpiece Cakeshop owner Jack Phillips, who says making a cake for a same-sex couple violates his religious liberty.

"Forcing Phillips to create expression for and participate in a ceremony that violates his sincerely held religious beliefs invades his First Amendment rights," Acting Solicitor General Jeff Wall wrote for the Justice Department.

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