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Lorie Smith said she couldn’t design wedding websites out of fear of retaliation for her beliefs, but it turns out she designed at least one before making a legal challenge.
No gay couples have actually asked Lorie Smith to make wedding websites for them yet.
Lawyers for Lorie Smith and the state agreed to work together on an order stating she won't be punished under Colorado's antidiscrimination law.
Web designer Lorie Smith claimed anti-discrimination laws violated her First Amendment rights; a conservative U.S. Supreme Court majority agreed.
Supreme Court-backed case of a Colorado web designer, aided by Alliance Defending Freedom, ignited fervent LGBTQ+ rights debate, spotlighting a larger quest to dismantle anti-discrimination laws.
This court has ruled that businesses open to the public can discriminate against LGBTQ+ people.
"Thank you Supreme Court for allowing me to discriminate and exclude those who I don’t agree with," the actor wrote on Instagram.
A Colorado web designer says she will not provide wedding website creation services to same-sex couples.
The law at the center of the case is the same as the Masterpiece Cakeshop Supreme Court case from 2018.
A hypothetical on Monday was unusually awkward, with a reference to children wearing a Ku Klux Klan outfit to visit Santa Claus.
The attorney had filed the lawsuit against the organization after the group said it had rejected his application for a job due to its code of conduct, which "excludes homosexual activity."
LGBTQ+ rights face a major setback in the United States, all because one woman wants to deny queer people a service that may have not been actually asked for in the first place.
The conservative-majority court announced the decision on the last day of its session before justices jetted off on their summer vacation.
The court's conservative majority seemed to sympathize with a designer who argues she has a legal right to turn away same-sex couples who seek wedding websites.
Researchers say the Alliance Defending Freedom is misrepresenting its work to harm LGBTQ+ people.
The Supreme Court justice will hear a case from a client represented by the anti-LGBTQ+ Alliance Defending Freedom, where Barrett has been part of a lecture program.
The court has set the date to hear the case of a Colorado web designer who says creating wedding websites for same-sex couples would violate her free speech rights.
Barrett's membership in the anti-LGBTQ+ group People of Praise raises doubts about her objectivity, former members say.
A North Dakota court has permitted doctors to refuse to perform gender-affirming surgeries, and allowed employers to refuse to cover all gender-affirming care.
The court will hear arguments on whether a business owner has the right to turn away same-sex couples because of her religious beliefs.
Attacks on abortion and gender-affirming care are heavily intertwined, and one group conservative hate group continues to use its influence in Idaho.
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