The 12-year lawfare campaign against Colorado baker Jack Phillips came to an end on Tuesday, at least for now, as the Colorado Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit against him that had sought to force him to bake a cake celebrating a gender transition.

For Phillips and those who have supported his right to free expression and exercise of his religious beliefs, the news of the dismissal was welcome. But Phillips’s Tuesday victory in the courtroom is hardly one that the nation and Colorado should be proud of.

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