Christian cake artist Jack Phillips was labeled as a bigot by Civil Rights Commissioner Diann Rice due to his stance on same-sex marriage because of his religious beliefs, according to a leaked audio recording.

Commissioner Rice previously compared Phillips to a Nazi and a slave master in a hearing on July 25, 2014 after the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner did not want to make a wedding cake for Charlie Craig and his partner David Mullins (in July 2012).

"Commissioner Rice compared a private citizen who owns a small bakery to slaveholders and Holocaust perpetrators merely for asking that the state respect his right to free speech and free exercise of religion. Her comments suggest that others on the commission may share her view. This anti-religious bigotry undermines the integrity of the entire process and the commission's order as well," said Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Legal Counsel Jeremy Tedesco recently in a statement.

"Such alarming bias and hostility toward Jack's religious beliefs-and toward religion in general-has no place in civil society, let alone on a governmental commission that sits in judgment of whether he may follow his faith in how he runs his business."

However, Commissioner Rice made the following statement before she ordered Phillips and his employees to 're-educate' themselves regarding the issue of same-sex marriage in accordance to Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act.

"I would also like to reiterate what we said in...the last meeting [concerning Jack Phillips]. Freedom of religion and religion has been used to justify all kinds of discrimination throughout history, whether it be slavery, whether it be the Holocaust... I mean, we can list hundreds of situations where freedom of religion has been used to justify discrimination. And to me it is one of the most despicable pieces of rhetoric that people can use - to use their religion to hurt others," said Rice in a statement.

As a result of Phillips losing his case to Colorado's Court of Appeals, the court claims he must accept policies that contradicts his beliefs, in addition to submitting quarterly update reports for two consecutive years.

"The reports must include the number of patrons declined a wedding cake or any other product and state the reason for doing so to ensure he has fully eliminated his religious beliefs from his business," said the Alliance Defending Freedom in a declaration.