The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to take up a case in which a Christian website designer alleges that Colorado law would force her to design wedding websites for same-sex couples in spite of her convictions.
The case involves artist Lorie Smith, owner of graphic design firm 303 Creative LLC, and Director of the Colorado Civil Rights Division Aubrey Elenis (and several other division officials). Smith wants to expand her business to include designing wedding websites, âpromoting her understanding of marriage.â She also wants to post a statement on her website âexplaining that she can only speak messages consistent with her faith,â according to the cert petition. Attorneys argue that the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) would require her to âcreate custom websites celebrating same-sex marriageâ and would prohibit her statement of faith…