Sessions backs Supreme Court decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop case

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday backed a recent Supreme Court decision in favor of a Christian baker who refused to make a custom cake for a same-sex couple, saying that “there are plenty of other people to bake that cake.”

Speaking at the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center’s annual Leadership Mission in Washington, Sessions characterized an increasingly hostile environment for people with religious convictions. He then commended the Supreme Court’s decision to support Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop in Colorado.

“There is no need for the power of government – no need for the state’s power – to be arrayed against an individual who is honestly attempting to live out – to freely exercise – his sincere religious beliefs,” Sessions told the gathering of the Advocacy Center, the public-policy arm of the largest Orthodox Jewish organization in the country. “And there are plenty of other people to bake that cake – give me a break.”

Sessions has been a vocal advocate for religious freedom and issued a government-wide legal guidance last year urging sweeping protection for religious freedom.

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