American Family Association Action (AFA Action), is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to advancing biblical, family values in society and government by educating and influencing public policy. AFA Action is also the Governmental Affairs Affiliate of American Family Association (AFA).
TUPELO, Miss. — After years of ongoing battle between the state of California and Christian baker, Cathy Miller, the Supreme Court has denied hearing an appeal in the case of California Department of Civil Rights v. Tastries, allowing a lower court ruling against Miller to stand.
In 2017, the California Civil Rights Department filed a complaint against Miller, stating that her bakery violated the Unruh Civil Rights Act after declining to bake a wedding cake for a same-sex couple; Miller declined to bake the cake due to her religious beliefs on same-sex marriage. In 2018, a California Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of Miller, and in 2022, a judge ruled that California’s Department of Fair Housing and Employment failed to prove that Miller had engaged in discrimination. But, according to The Christian Post, “in February, the Court of Appeal of the State of California, Fifth Appellate District ruled against Miller, concluding that the baker engaged in ‘intentional discrimination’ to refuse to sell a pre-designed white cake to the couple for their wedding.”
“Freedom itself is on trial when a Christian business owner is punished for living out her faith,” said Walker Wildmon, CEO of AFA Action, the governmental affairs affiliate of the American Family Association. “Cathy Miller wasn’t discriminating; she was exercising her First Amendment rights. But in California, religious liberty now comes with an asterisk. California’s refusal to hear her case shows how far the state is willing to go to silence dissent from its agenda. But this fight is far from over. AFA Action is committed to defending religious liberty at every level — because no American should be forced to celebrate what violates their faith.”
AFA Action is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to advancing biblical family values in society and government by shaping public policy through education and advocacy. The mission of AFA Action is to inform and mobilize individuals to strengthen the biblical foundations of America by persuading individuals with the truth of the Gospel, challenging the lost to repent, promoting societal values that are consistent with Scripture, restraining evil and exposing the works of darkness, motivating people to take a stand on cultural and moral issues, and encouraging Christians to bear witness to the world the love of Jesus Christ. Find AFA Action Alerts here.
For more information on the American Family Association, visit www.afa.net or follow AFA on Facebook or X.
For more information on AFA Action, visit www.afaaction.net or follow AFA Action on Facebook or X.
To interview an AFA or AFA Action spokesperson, contact [email protected] or Beth Bogucki, 610.584.1096, ext. 105, Dawn Foglein, ext. 100, or Daniel Moyer, ext. 104.
AFA Action is a non-profit 501(c)(4) organization dedicated to advancing biblical, family values in society and government by educating and influencing public policy. AFA Action is also the Governmental Affairs Affiliate of American Family Association.