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Colorado asks Supreme Court to uphold anti-discrimination law in case of web designer who opposes same-sex marriage

Colorado’s attorney general is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the state’s anti-discrimination laws after a Denver-based graphic designer is requesting the right to turn away custom wedding website services for same-sex couples, according to a brief the AG’s office filed Friday with the U.S. Supreme Court.  This fall, the Supreme Court will hear […]

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Supreme Court will hear case of Colorado web designer who would refuse service to gay people

By Jessica Gresko, The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBTQ people in the case of a Colorado web designer who says her religious beliefs prevent her from offering wedding website designs to gay couples. The high court said Tuesday it […]

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Colorado web designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples loses challenge to anti-discrimination law

By James Anderson, The Associated Press A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a web designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples and sued to challenge Colorado’s anti-discrimination law, another twist in a series of court rulings nationwide about whether businesses denying services to LGBTQ people amounts to bias or freedom […]

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Federal court weighs whether Colorado law can require web designer to make websites for same-sex couples

By Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press A Colorado web designer should not have to create wedding websites for same-sex couples under the state’s anti-discrimination law because it would amount to forced speech that violates her religious beliefs, a lawyer told an appeals court Monday. Kristen Waggoner, a lawyer for Alliance Defending Freedom, told a three-judge […]