Supreme Court to decide whether some businesses can refuse to serve gay customers

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : In a brief order, the Supreme Court said it would take up the case to consider "whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment."
43% : Smith's lawyers, in urging the court to take up the issue, said the Colorado law "compels speech based on viewpoint, and creates a pro-LGBT gerrymander by requiring religious artists to celebrate same-sex marriage while allowing other artists to decline messages like 'God is dead.'" The case is unusual because it does not involve a lawsuit filed by any customers who were denied service.
43% : "The record contains no evidence that anyone has asked the company to create a website for a same-sex wedding, that Colorado has threatened enforcement, or that any future wedding website would convey a message that would be attributed to the company," its lawyers said in their legal filings.
39% : But a federal appeals court ruled that her refusal and her proposed statement would violate Colorado's anti-discrimination law.
39% : In agreeing to hear this latest case, the court declined to take up a separate issue raised by Smith on whether the state's actions violate her religious freedom.

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