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Cite as:  584 U. S. ____ (2018) 

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GORSUCH, J., concurring 

(2017).  Mr. Jack argued that the cakes he sought reflected 
his religious beliefs and that the bakers could not refuse to
make  them  just  because  they  happened  to  disagree  with 
his beliefs.  App. 231, 241, 250.  But the Division declined 
to  find  a  violation,  reasoning  that  the  bakers  didn’t  deny
Mr. Jack service because of his religious faith but because 
the  cakes  he  sought  were  offensive  to  their  own  moral
convictions.  Id., at 237, 247, 255–256.  As proof, the Divi-
sion  pointed  to  the  fact  that  the  bakers  said  they  treated
Mr. Jack as they would have anyone who requested a cake 
with similar messages, regardless of their religion.  Id., at 
230–231,  240,  249.  The  Division  pointed,  as  well,  to  the
fact that the bakers said they were happy to provide reli-
gious persons with other cakes expressing other ideas.  Id., 
at 237, 247, 257.  Mr. Jack appealed to the Colorado Civil
Rights  Commission,  but  the  Commission  summarily  de-
nied relief.  App. to Pet. for Cert. 326a–331a. 

Next,  take  the  undisputed  facts  of  Mr.  Phillips’s  case. 
Charlie  Craig  and  Dave  Mullins  approached  Mr.  Phillips
about  creating  a  cake  to  celebrate  their  wedding.    App.
168.  Mr.  Phillips  explained  that  he  could  not  prepare  a 
cake  celebrating  a  same-sex  wedding  consistent  with  his 
religious  faith.    Id.,  at  168–169.  But  Mr.  Phillips  offered 
to make other baked goods for the couple, including cakes
Ibid.    Later,  Mr.  Phillips 
celebrating  other  occasions. 
testified without contradiction that he would have refused 
to  create  a  cake  celebrating  a  same-sex  marriage  for  any
customer, regardless of his or her sexual orientation.  Id., 
at  166–167  (“I  will  not  design  and  create  wedding  cakes 
for  a  same-sex  wedding  regardless  of  the  sexual  orienta-
tion  of  the  customer”).    And  the  record  reveals  that  Mr. 
Phillips  apparently  refused  just  such  a  request  from  Mr. 
Craig’s mother.  Id., at 38–40, 169.  (Any suggestion that
Mr.  Phillips  was  willing  to  make  a  cake  celebrating  a
same-sex marriage for a heterosexual customer or was not
willing  to  sell  other  products  to  a  homosexual  customer,