In the Supreme Court of the United States, Masterpiece Cake Shop, Ltd., and Jack C. Phillips, petitioners, v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission; Charlie Craig; and David Mullins, respondents : on writ of certiorari to the Colorado Court of Appeals : amicus curiae brief of Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., and African-American and civil rights leaders in support of petitioners /

In a case involving the balancing of public accommodation anti-discrimination laws and First Amendment rights, the question at issue is whether a cake maker can be compelled to design and make a cake that violates his sincerely held religious beliefs about same-sex marriage.