Has a baker ever been as in demand as Jack Phillips, proprietor of Masterpiece Cakeshop? Among the leftist elites of the Mountain West, a cake from Phillips is de rigeur. It seems that no other baker will do if you want something sweet for your wedding, birthday party, gender transition party, or celebration of satanic sex.

People who can’t procure Phillips’ services are so despondent — read, enraged — that they sue. And these litigious customers have a friend in the Colorado Civil Rights Division. The agency doesn’t think Phillips is exercising his rights when he refuses to bake for such events. Rather, it finds that he is violating the rights of those who are determined to show that members of the public must either submit to their social mores or be driven out of business. They don’t really want a cake; they want a flour-and-frosting tribute to their “progressive” agenda.