Supreme Court Will Weigh In on Web Developer Who Refused Services to Same-Sex Couple

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The case could set a major precedent around the constitutional limits of free speech and anti-discrimination laws.
46% : "But Colorado's anti-discrimination Act (CADA) requires her to create websites celebrating same-sex marriage and bans her explanatory statement."
46% : The web developer's case will see the Supreme Court re-examine the legal tension between religious freedom and anti-discrimination laws last litigated in 2018.
43% : The developer, 303 Creative owner Lorie Smith, claims a Colorado anti-discrimination law violated her First Amendment rights to speech and freedom of religious expression by compelling her to provide services to a same-sex couple despite her religious objections.
42% : Constitutional rulings on these grounds could have huge implications, potentially drawing in a litany of anti-discrimination laws under new scrutiny and threatening protections for LGBTQ people.
36% : A Colorado web developer refusing to offer website services to a same-sex couple has found herself at the center of a national debate over the legal limits of free speech and anti-discrimination laws.

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