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The Supreme Court has filed a lawsuit from a Colorado web designer who doesn’t want to create a wedding site for same-sex marriages. LGBTQ rights.
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The lawsuit centers on Lorie Smith, a web designer from Colorado. She said she wanted to create content “in line with her faith,” according to court documents such as her wedding website in line with her “her understanding of her marriage.” I’m here.
Her legal team posted a statement on the website that the Colorado Antidiscrimination Act required her to create a website that “celebrates same-sex marriage” and would only create content consistent with her religious beliefs. It is forbidden to
Her lawyers argue that Colorado law violates Smith’s rights to the First Amendment’s free speech and free exercise provisions.
A Supreme Court hearing is scheduled for the fall.
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In July, an appeals court ruled against Smith and dismissed her claims because Colorado is concerned with protecting LGBTQ citizens from discrimination. The lawsuit could provide more clarity to her Masterpiece Cakeshop ruling in 2018, another Colorado lawsuit dealing with the same antidiscrimination law. The Supreme Court has ruled that a bakery owner who refused to make her wedding cake for a same-sex couple was wronged by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission. This was because the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was hostile to religion, violating the First Amendment requirement that the government be neutral to religion. However, the Supreme Court fell short of ruling on his constitutional claims based on free speech. Since the 2018 ruling, the court has become more conservative with the approval of Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett (both Donald Trump’s appointees).
