The US Supreme Court is to hear a suit filed by a Christian website designer who declines to provide wedding services to same-sex couples Can a business owner cite her religious convictions in declining to provide service to a same-sex couple? The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is to examine the question on Monday in a case that closely resembles one from just a few years ago, pitting religious liberty and free speech rights against anti-discrimination laws. In June 2018, the nation’s highest court partially ruled in favor of a Colorado baker who had refused to make a wedding cake for a gay couple. The latest case involves a suit filed by Lorie Smith, owner of 303 Creative, a website design company also in Colorado. Smith has said that as a devout Christian she cannot produce wedding websites for same-sex couples because it would be "inconsistent" with her religious beliefs. Colorado’s anti-discrimination law prohibits businesses from refusing service to someone on the basis of sexual orientation. An appeals court ruled against Smith and she appealed to the Supreme Court. In accepting the case, the court said it would examine whether Colorado’s law "to compel an artist to speak or stay […]
