Press release by Attorney Orly Taitz: A very important step in the right direction from the Chief Judge of the Administrative Court of Colorado, Judge Mathew Azer : A Colorado baker will not have to place figurines of 2 grooms or names of 2 grooms on a wedding cake for a gay marriage if it violates his religious believes, he will only have to sell them a cake, a judge will not dictate what kind of a cake, will not force the baker to do something that violates his religious believes.
Posted on | December 27, 2013 | 8 Comments
Press release
Attorney Orly Taitz contacted Administrative Court of Colorado to check on her complaint. She originally talked to the supervising clerk Donna who stated that the Chief Judge Mathew Azer got her complaint and that if Taitz wants to talk to the judge, he is willing to talk to her. Taitz was extremely surprised as she never had a situation where a Chief Judge is willing to talk to a member of the public. The complaint is here at link.
Judge Azer was very courteous and spent nearly an hour talking to Taitz.
He advised her that he is concerned that the decision by Judge Spencer in regards the baker Mr. Jack Phillips and Masterpiece cakes was misreported in the media and there is a backlash due to misunderstanding. ![]()
The decision was only in relation to the civil rights statutes of the state of Colorado. He states that it is at 24-34-301 at seq. which states that if you provide services to the public, you have to accommodate all members of the public and cannot discriminate against people of different races, gender, religion and recently sexual orientation was added as a protected group.
Taitz advised Judge Azer that there is a difference between discrimination in denying services in general and baking a cake for a gay wedding, which is an act that is so closely intertwined with religious believes.
Taitz brought an example. She stated that she has 3 children and often ordered cakes for their birthdays. If a baker refuses to bake a cake for a child’s birthday because a kid happened to be black or Jewish or gay, that is a discrimination against a member of a protected minority,as it does not go against the religious believes. However, when a baker refuses to make a cake with 2 grooms on the top of the cake or 2 brides, that involves his religious believes because a gay marriage is a sin in his religion and pretty much every religion and this involves his religious believes.
Additionally, this violates existing Colorado law because gay marriages are banned in the state of Colorado and by and through this decision the administrative court of Colorado is aiding and abetting an unlawful conduct.
Originally Judge Azer tried to state that selling a wedding cake is not aiding and abetting an unlawful conduct because one can order a birthday cake even though it is not his birthday, so one cam order a wedding cake without getting married.
Taitz responded that this is splitting hairs similar to Clinton’s what “is” is and not dealing with the issue at hand. It is presumed that when one is ordering a birthday cake, it is for a birthday and when one is ordering a wedding cake, it is for a wedding.
Taitz questioned Azer if there is a way to find a middle ground in preventing a flagrant discrimination while at the same time avoiding violation of one’s first amendment right of Freedom of Religion. Taitz questioned whether Judge Spencer or Judge Azer, as a Chief Judge, would be willing to issue a statement, whereby if one cannot deny services and deny selling a product, a baker would simply sell a cake, “A CAKE’, without having to adorn a cake with a figurine of 2 grooms or 2 brides and writing the names of 2 brides or 2 grooms, which indicate that this is a gay wedding, which is against his religious believes. Judge Azer agreed to this and stated that indeed he wants the public to understand that he does not want “Activist Judges”, that he will write a response to the complaint by Taitz clarifying to the public that all the baker has to do is sell the gay couples the same product as he sells others. Mr. Phillips does not have to place a figurine of 2 gay men on the top of the cake, he does not have to write the names of 2 grooms. Chief Judge Azer believes that if a judge tells a baker, HOW to make a cake and what to place on top of the cake, then it is an activist judge and he will not allow this.
So, in the future, if a gay or lesbian couple comes to Masterpiece bakery, Mr. Phillips only has to sell them the same product that he sells others, but he does not have to adorn it in a way that violate his religious believes and he will not be sanctioned. Judge Azer stated that he will write his letter of response shortly.
This is a step in the right direction towards a compromise without violating the First Amendment right of Freedom of religion.
In regards to Phil Robertson, Taitz is asking residents of LA, who are members and supporters of Defend Our Freedoms Foundation, to send her the PDF and links to the civil rights commission and administrative court of LA, where Phil Robertson resides and she will review them and will advise the members and supporters what can be done.
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8 Responses to “Press release by Attorney Orly Taitz: A very important step in the right direction from the Chief Judge of the Administrative Court of Colorado, Judge Mathew Azer : A Colorado baker will not have to place figurines of 2 grooms or names of 2 grooms on a wedding cake for a gay marriage if it violates his religious believes, he will only have to sell them a cake, a judge will not dictate what kind of a cake, will not force the baker to do something that violates his religious believes.”
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December 27th, 2013 @ 12:21 pm
Orly is right it is a first step. However the Constitution as written does not give the Judge the right to force the baker to sell to anyone. Both sides of this argument must have equal rights to say yes or no to the deal. The free market is more important to our freedoms than government. The judge has it half right so cut the baby in half. We wouldn’t have a morally and financially bankrupt country if the Constitution hadn’t been turned on it’s head by the democratic party establishment in order take our individual freedoms away. The entire Constitution was designed to protect individual freedom. The democrats get elected by gays to force their behavior on the rest of us. That is what this issue is about. It is democratic party establishment at work.WE have to accept and pay the price, even death, for whatever behavior of those who vote to keep the democratic party establishment sex and drug addicts in office. They have stolen our money and borrowed against it well beyond our lifetimes.
December 27th, 2013 @ 12:51 pm
Dear Orly,
Your action in this matter in support of the First Amendment right of freedom of religion
is very impressive, and the results were achieved very quickly. Congratulations!
You are the ‘Queen of the Multi-taskers’, and you work and successfuly juggle an amazing number of issues at the same time.
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Paula Hoehn
December 27th, 2013 @ 4:56 pm
Kudos to Judge Matthew Azer. Between him and Judge Richard Leon ruling the NSA violated our Fourth Amendment, can removal of obama/a.k.a. soetoro/a.k.a. soebarkah be far behind? I sure pray not.
Thank you Orly for fighting for us and America day after day and never losing hope that justice will prevail.
December 27th, 2013 @ 8:18 pm
Let’s hope he sells them a ‘fruitcake’.
December 27th, 2013 @ 9:16 pm
Another TELLING juxtaposition of events:
OBAMA and family DID NOT go to church for Christmas! (Perhaps that viral video of the radical imam saying that wishing someone “Merry Christmas” was evil had undo influence on Bari!)
The White House is set to CELEBRATE Michelle’s 50th Birthday.
Whatever Obama is, he is NOT a Christian, but he may be a “Taqiyya Christian” which would suit his political power strategy.
December 28th, 2013 @ 6:42 pm
Obama wanted “non-religious Christmas”?
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President Obama and the First Family were planning a “non-religious Christmas,” according to Social Secretary Desiree Rogers. Ms. Rogers reportedly told a gathering of former social secretaries that the Obamas did not intend on putting the Nativity scene on display – a longtime East Room tradition.
The account was reported in the Fashion and Style section of The New York Times. The White House confirmed to the Times that there had been internal discussions about making Christmas more inclusive – but in the end – tradition won out – and the Nativity scene is once again in its traditional East Room spot.
I just received an email response from the White House for comment. Here’s what the First Lady’s office says:
“It has been a part of White House Christmas decorations in the past, it is on display in the East Room for all to enjoy and it will continue to be a part of White House Christmas decorations moving forward.”
“The President spoke movingly about the scene the crèche depicts in his remarks at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree last week: Tonight, we celebrate a story that is as beautiful as it is simple. The story of a child born far from home to parents guided only by faith, but who would ultimately spread a message that has endured for more than 2,000 years – that no matter who we are or where we are from, we are each called to love one another as brother and sister. While this story may be a Christian one, its lesson is universal. It speaks to the hope we share as a people. And it represents a tradition that we celebrate as a country – a tradition that has come to represent more than any one holiday or religion, but a season of brotherhood and generosity to our fellow citizens.”
As for whether there had been discussions about “inclusiveness,” the White House replied, “Discussions about inclusiveness did not include whether or not to display it but rather how to display it during the Hannukah party.”
Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, accused the president of trying to “neuter” Christmas.
“Unlike almost all Americans—including atheists—the Obamas do not give their children Christmas gifts. We know this because Barack bragged about this last year to People magazine. So it should come as no big surprise that he and his wife would like to neuter Christmas in the White House. That’s their natural step—to ban the public display of Christian symbols. Have any doubts? Last April, Georgetown University was ordered to put a drape over the name of Jesus as a condition of the president speaking there.
If the Obamas want to deprive their children of celebrating Christmas, that is their business. It is the business of the public to hold them accountable for the way they celebrate Christmas in the White House. We know one thing for sure: no other administration ever entertained internal discussions on whether to display a nativity scene in the White House.”
https://radio.foxnews.com/2009/12/07/obama-wanted-non-religious-christmas/
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LoLo’s comment are worth reading…
https://www.whitehousedossier.com/2013/12/26/obama-skips-church-christmas/
LoLo December 28, 2013 at 5:54 pm
“The O-man, Barack Hussein Obama, is an eloquently tailored empty suit. No resume, no accomplishments, no experience, no original ideas, no understanding of how the economy works, no understanding of how the world works, no balls, nothing but abstract, empty rhetoric devoid of real substance.He has no real identity. He is half-white, which he rejects. The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he hides, but is disclosed by his non-African Arabic surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way to triply proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya. Only a small part of him is African Black from his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is exclusively. What he isn’t, not a genetic drop of, is African-American,the descendant of enslaved Africans brought to America chained in slave ships. He hasn’t a single ancestor who was a slave. Instead, his Arab ancestors were slave owners. Slave-trading was the main Arab business in East Africa for centuries until the British ended it. Let that sink in: Obama is not the descendant of slaves; he is the descendant of slave owners. Thus he makes the perfect Liberal Messiah. It’s something Hillary doesn’t understand how some complete neophyte came out of the blue and stole the Dem nomination from her. Obamamania is beyond politics and reason. It is a true religious cult, whose adherents reject Christianity yet still believe in Original Sin, transferring it from the evil of being human to the evil of being white. Thus Obama has become the white liberals’ Christ, offering absolution from the Sin of Being White. There is no reason or logic behind it, no faults or flaws of his can diminish it, and no arguments Hillary could make of any kind can be effective against it. The absurdity of Hypocrisy Clothed In Human Flesh being their Savior is all the more cause for liberals to worship him: Credo quia absurdum, I believe it because it is absurd. Thank heavens that the voting majority of Americans remain Christian and are in no desperate need of a phony savior. He is ridiculous and should not be taken seriously by any thinking American.”
December 29th, 2013 @ 4:33 am
please, EVERYONE, stop using this silly, childish, euphemism i.e. “gay” to obscure the reality of that which any normal , decent, person finds offensive to their sensibilities .
The correct word is “HOMOSEXUAL”
NOW USE IT IN PLACE OF “gay” and then your arguments will be properly processed by the listener
December 5th, 2017 @ 5:49 am
yeah but e gotta be POLITICALLY CORRECT-