Briefline The Guardian or Authority of Law, created by sculptor James Earle Fraser, rests on the side of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sept. 28, 2020. (Al Drago/Getty Images) In a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser argued that the decision by a web design business to preemptively refuse services to same-sex couples violates the state’s anti-discrimination law. The high court will consider 303 Creative v. Elenis during its next term, which begins in October. The Colorado-based design firm wants to expand its services to wedding website design but does not want to serve same-sex couples and wants to post a statement on its website saying so. “Our anti-discrimination laws do not allow the company to refuse customers because of their sexual orientation. That’s not equal treatment under the law. Customers may choose whether or not to purchase the company’s wedding designs — that’s how the marketplace works. But because it’s open to the public, 303 may not choose who its customers are,” Weiser told reporters Friday. He said that the law allows for businesses to freely decide their own products and services. A Jewish bakery, for example, could decide to […]
