If You're on a "Hate Group" List, You're Probably Doing Something Right

Southern Poverty Law Center's 2021 "Hate Map"

The radical leftists at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) have a record of vilifying Christians. If you dare to even imply that sodomy is wrong.....well.....obviously you are a hate-filled homophobe. If you demur over drag queen story hours and cutting off the genitals of little children or keeping pornography out of the library -- you are a book-burning, violent fascist. 

The FBI's recent move against traditional Catholics by their Richmond field office cited the SPLC as a source. Remember when the Family Research Center was attacked by a gunman who planned to kill everyone in the building? He was incited by the SPLC. It's the Left that tells their lemmings to harass conservatives in movie theaters, restaurants, stores, gas stations, etc. They are the ones targeting the homes of Supreme Court Justices and making death threats against florists and cake artists who won't bend the knee to their gay marriage and gender transition agenda. Jack Phillips is back in court (He must have a bench with his name on it at this point!) because he refused to bake a birthday cake celebrating a gender transition. They won't leave him alone. He's been fighting since 2018. Does anyone think this isn't a deliberate, organized effort? If you do read this article about the "trans" lawyer who filed the discrimination complaint:

Baker in Colorado who refused to make transgender transition cake loses appeal

The Left just keeps sending their orcs to Phillips bakery and will until they put him out of business if they can. He already gave up making wedding cakes which was a high profit aspect of his business. He describes how he tries to make up the loss by increased volume sales of other goodies. 

Phillips is one principled and brave man to continue the fight despite an absolute obsession by the godless Left to crush him. He deserves our prayers and support. Alliance Defending Freedom is the legal group defending him. If you want to provide financial assistance there is currently a matching grant. Go to Help Defend Jack Phillips.

I read an interesting article today titled A Quiet Walk to the Gulag. This paragraph relates to Jack's fight:

Even though we feel the growing shadow of oppression, there are still those who imagine it’s possible to stave off the American gulag for a little while; they are correct. If you refrain from getting too serious about your faith or your country, you will have an easier time in the darkness. Let the experts do their thing, and just mind your business; yes, some of their ideas are chaotic, weird, and downright dangerous, but remember that times are changing, and so must we, if we enjoy our comforts.

Obviously, Jack Phillips is not okay with walking quietly to the gulag. He is smack dab in the middle of the fight. God bless him for his courage. I would nominate him for the Alexander Solzhenitsyn Hero award if there were such a thing. If you'd like to send Jack Phillips a letter of encouragement or a Mass card his address is Masterpiece Cake Shop,3355 S Wadsworth Blvd H-117Lakewood, CO 80227.

Jack Phillips deserves two thumbs up in prayer on praying hands. He is definitely doing something right. May God reward him for his faithfulness.