Web designer Lorie Smith, plaintiff in a Supreme Court case who objects to same-sex marriage, poses for a portrait at her office in Littleton, Colorado, U.S., November 28, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt/ The US Supreme Court ruled Friday that some private businesses can refuse service to same-sex couples for religious reasons, in a landmark erosion of anti-discrimination laws. The court backed the case of a Christian graphic designer from the state of Colorado who said that due to her beliefs, she would not make a wedding website for a same-sex couple. Lorie Smith, the owner of website design firm 303 Creative, challenged a state law that prohibits businesses from discriminating on the basis of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. also read Insurgents kill 80 troops in Burkina Faso Woman, child who fell from Baltic Sea ferry dead: police US Supreme court rejects Biden’s plan to wipe away student loans and limits LGBTQ protections Smith said that creating marriage announcements for same-sex couples would be "inconsistent" with her Christian beliefs and being compelled to do so would violate her First Amendment free speech rights. Colorado "seeks to use its law to compel an individual to create speech she does not […]
