A baker who lost a discrimination case for turning away a gay couple has revealed he will stop making wedding cakes completely. <br /> <br />Jack Phillips, 57, refused to bake a wedding cake for Denver residents David Mullins, 29, and Charlie Craig, 34 - despite it being claimed he was happy to make one for two dogs. <br /> <br />The couple sued him and won in a landmark case, which saw the Colorado Civil Rights Commission unanimously declare free speech and business should be separate. <br />Now Mr Phillips has revealed he will stop baking wedding cakes altogether so he will not be 'forced to participate' in a same-sex ceremony. 'We would close down the bakery before we would complicate our beliefs. <br /> <br />'If it's just a birthday, I have no problem with that. My issue is that I don't want to be forced to participate in a same-sex wedding'. <br /> <br />But the Masterpiece Cakeshop, which also employs his sister and 87-year-old mother, is unlikely to go out of business. <br /> <br />He claimed had been so overwhelmed by supporters eager to buy cookies and brownies that he does not need to make wedding cakes any more. <br /> <br />It has been illegal to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation since 2008 in Colorado, which legalised same-sex 'beneficiary agreements' the following year. Last year the state legalised same-sex civil unions. <br /> <br />However, gay marriage remains illegal in Colorado and the couple's ceremony in September 2012 was held in Massachusetts, followed by the reception at their Denver home. <br /> <br />The panel this week ordered Phillips to stop discriminating against gay people and to report quarterly for two years on staff anti-discrimination training and any customers he refuses to serve. <br /> <br />Commissioner Raju Jaram said: 'I can believe anything I want, but if I'm going to do business here, I'd ought to not discriminate against people.' <br /> <br />Mr Mullins said he was 'thrilled'. <br /> <br />'The next time a gay couple wanders in there asking for a wedding cake, they won't have the experience we had,' he said. 'They will have a responsible experience and leave feeling respected.' <br /> <br />The Christian baker has said he may appeal the ruling. <br /> <br />This commission's decision confirmed a lower court's finding in December that Phillips had violated civil rights law. <br /> <br />It was the end of a two-year battle which began after a furious Mr Mullins wrote a report of his encounter on Facebook.
