Colo. Christian Baker Says He Has Received Support from LGBT Community After Refusing Same-Sex Wedding Cake

A Colorado-based Christian baker who was recently ordered to make wedding cakes for same-sex couples has said he has received an outpouring of support by the LGBT community for standing up for his religious beliefs.

Baker Jack Phillips of Masterpiece Cakes near Denver, Colorado was recently ordered by a Colorado Court of Appeals that in order to keep running his bakery, he must bake cakes for same-sex weddings despite his religious beliefs.

Phillips told The Daily Signal in a recent interview that although he has received criticism from some members of the gay community for his decision to refuse to bake wedding cakes, he has also received support from those in the LGBT community who support his religious freedom.

"The other day a guy from Daytona Beach called and left a message. He said he's gay and he wanted to offer his support, and gave me his phone number to call him back," Phillips said.

"So that's one, but there's dozens or hundreds of [gay people] who say they think this is just not right [and is] politically motivated mostly. 'You have the right to turn us down and these people are making us all look like we're terrorists. … But we're not, we just want to live our lives,'" Phillips added. 

Phillips, who is being represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, is reportedly considering appealing the court's ruling that he must provide wedding cakes for gay couples.

"Jack simply exercised the long-cherished American freedom to decline to use his artistic talents to promote a message with which he disagrees," attorney Jeremy Tedesco with Alliance Defending Freedom previously told the Associated Press. "The court is wrong to deny Jack his fundamental freedoms."