A Colorado baker who refused to prepare cakes decorated with anti-gay messages is not guilty of discriminating against a Christian customer, the Colorado Civil Rights Division ruled on Friday.

William Jack, a Christian from Castle Rock, Colorado, had requested two cakes shaped like Bibles from Azucar Bakery in Denver. Jack requested that one cake have the image of two groomsmen holding hands in front of a cross with a red “X” over the groomsmen.

Jack asked the baker to decorate the cake with biblical verses that read, “Homosexuality is a detestable sin. Leviticus 18:2” and “God hates sin. Psalm 45:7.” For the second Bible-shaped cake, Jack requested the same image of two groomsmen holding hands with a red “X” but decorated with the words “God loves sinners” and “While we were yet sinners Christ died for us. Romans 5:8,” according to the agency.

Marjorie Silva, a Catholic and the owner of Azucar Bakery, refused to decorate the cakes according to Jack’s wishes. Silva told Jack she would make him the Bible-shaped cakes, but would not decorate them with the biblical verses or groomsmen images as requested.

Silva instead offered to provide him with icing and a pastry bag and told Jack he could write or draw whatever he wished on the cake. Jack filed a discrimination compliant with the Colorado Civil Rights Division, accusing Silva of discriminating against Jack based on his religious beliefs by refusing to write and decorate the cakes with the requested images.

Jack claimed Silva called the images “hateful and offensive” and said Silva’s comment was “demeaning to his religious beliefs.”

The Colorado Civil Rights Division disagreed and ruled Silva did not discriminate against Jack based on his religious creed. The agency determined Silva refused to decorate the cakes as requested because the request included “derogatory language and imagery” and that the evidence showed Silva would deny similar requests to any customer regardless of their religious beliefs.

Jack is reportedly filing an appeal of Friday’s decision with the Colorado Civil Rights Division.

“I find it offensive that the Colorado Civil Rights Division considers the baker’s claims that Bible verses were discriminatory as the reason for denying my claim,” Jack said in an interview with 7News in Denver. “I find it offensive that the Bible is censored from the public arena.”