POLITICS In narrow ruling on Phoenix law protecting LGBT residents, court says Brush & Nib owners don’t have to create invitations for same-sex marriages. PHOENIX — Editor’s Note: The above video is an interview with the Brush & Nib owners from earlier this year. In a narrow ruling on a Phoenix law protecting LGBT residents from discrimination, the Arizona Supreme Court decided Monday that the owners of Phoenix’s Brush & Nib Studio don’t have to create invitations for same-sex marriages. Here is the key part of the ruling: The rights of free speech and free exercise, so precious to this nation since its founding, are not limited to soft murmurings behind the doors of a person’s home or church, or private conversations with like-minded friends and family. These guarantees protect the right of every American to express their beliefs in public. This includes the right to create and sell words, paintings, and art that express a person’s sincere religious beliefs. The City of Phoenix cannot apply its Human Relations Ordinance to force Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski, owners of Brush & Nib Studios, to create custom wedding invitations celebrating same-sex wedding ceremonies in violation of their sincerely held religious […]
