Christian Website Designer Vindicated by Supreme Court
June 30, 2023 | Colorado
The United States Supreme Court has ruled that Colorado cannot force a Christian website designer to create websites celebrating same-sex marriage.
In a decision released Friday morning in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the high court ruled 6-3 that Lorie Smith of 303 Creative could not be compelled by state civil rights law to make websites that go against her sincerely-held religious beliefs.
Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the opinion of the court, being joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
Gorsuch wrote that “no public accommodations law is immune from the demands of the Constitution” and expressed concern over the state’s attempt to control Smith’s speech. (Excerpt from The Christian Post.)
