Pritzker blasts latest Supreme Court rulings, vows Illinois will remain 'safe no matter who you love'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% :MORE: What the Supreme Court's ruling on affirmative action means for students
55% :The decision was split among ideological lines, with the conservative majority ruling that the First Amendment bars Colorado from forcing "an individual to speak in ways that align with its views but defy her conscience about a matter of major significance.""The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the court's six conservative justices.
53% : "Like yesterday's ruling to end affirmative action, this will only further discriminate and divide us, so I call upon all institutional leaders and stakeholders to continue protecting these rights and practices in the city of Chicago."
52% : "This decision weaponizes religious freedom as a boon for bigotry, and in doing so, puts the burden on the millions of Americans who have fought for their right to love and live as they are.""LGBTQ Americans deserve the same protections and rights as everyone else" the statement continued.
45% : She has said that she wants to but that her Christian faith would prevent her from creating websites celebrating same-sex marriages.
44% : For two decades, the court has expanded the rights of LGBTQ people, most notably giving same-sex couples the right to marry in 2015 and announcing five years later that a landmark civil rights law also protects gay, lesbian and transgender people from employment discrimination.
35% : Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Friday released statements denouncing the recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court that sided with a Colorado-based Christian wedding website designer who refused to work with same-sex couples.

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