Justices to hear case of Colorado designer who wants to post statement saying she will decline to make sites for same-sex weddings
LGBTQ+ advocacy groups fear a ruling in favor of the designer will overturn anti-discrimination laws.LGBTQ+ advocacy groups fear a ruling in favor of the designer will overturn anti-discrimination laws.Last modified on Wed 23 Feb 2022 19.52 GMTby the US supreme court to hear an appeal by a Colorado web designer who refuses to serve same-sex couples has sparked outrage among LGBTQ+ advocacy groups who fear a major setback for anti-discriminatory laws across the country.
in a statement: “We are witness yet again to the unrelenting anti-LGBTQ crusade being waged by self-described Christian fundamentalist legal groups aiming to chip away at the hard-won gains of LGBTQ people by carving out swaths of territory where discrimination can flourish.” Pizer said: “The supreme court here has the opportunity to … reaffirm and apply longstanding constitutional precedent that our freedoms of religion and speech are not a license to discriminate when operating a business. It is time once and for all to put to rest these businesses’ attempts to undermine the civil rights of LGBTQ people in the name of religion.
Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian advocacy group, will be representing Smith in court.said
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