Anonymous Mother Complains that Religious Bakery Refused to Make Rainbow-Layered Cake For Her Daughter's 17th Birthday // Bought Peach Cake Instead

I really haven't been following the story of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Lakewood, CO. I'm aware of the basics: a gay couple sought a wedding cake from the business and they were turned away based off the owner's religious beliefs against homosexuality. The couple filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission who found that the business clearly and admittedly discriminated against the couple on the basis of sexual orientation, which is a protected class in the state of Colorado. The business appealed this decision and it was recently heard by the US Supreme Court -- and most likely LGBT protections will be dealt a severe blow because of this case.

Anyway, I just read a news story of a mother from Littleton, CO, who appears to be doing her best to grab a bit of the rainbow -- albeit anonymously. Anony-Mom reached out to ABC Denver-7 to report that she once tried to purchase a rainbow-themed designer birthday cake from Masterpiece Cakeshop for her daughter's 17th birthday, but her cake order was refused:

Anony-Mom

In February, the woman said she called Masterpiece Cakeshop to order a 17-layer birthday cake with rainbow frosting, only to be told the owner doesn't make rainbow cakes. "She's not gay, or anything, but she is an artist and she's really good at what she does and she uses every color and she wanted a rainbow birthday cake and he wouldn't do it," the woman said.

Masterpiece Cakeshop's owner told the television station that the business doesn't mind decorating the outside of a cake with rainbow colors. They just draw the line at rainbow-layered cakes.

Anony-Mom later realized that the Masterpiece Cakeshop was the same bakery that went before the US Supreme Court earlier this month -- and she's fuming. And she made sure that ABC Denver-7 knew all about it!

Anony-Mom now refuses to return to Masterpiece Cakeshop and so do all of her family and friends. Despite all of their collective rage, she did go ahead and get a cake last February for her daughter's 17th birthday:

Instead, the woman ordered a peach cake after she said the bakery also refused to make her a plain white one.

Seriously, why would you spend your money on a cake that's so much trouble to design? I can understand that a rainbow-layered cake might be too much trouble for Masterpiece Cakeshow to design, but no white cakes? How morally compromising is a plain white cake?? And why settle for a peach cake, of all things?


Anyway, very silly news article. Colorado deserves better.