Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) decried the Supreme Court's decision to uphold a web designer's right to refuse customers if their requests violate her sincerely held religious beliefs.
The Supreme Court sided with Colorado-based website 303 Creative, which refused to build wedding announcement websites for same-sex couples, and held that the state's anti-discrimination law would affect her business and violate her First Amendment rights. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, which Torres disagreed with during a television interview on CNN's Inside Politics Friday.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation CEO Sarah Kate Ellis similarly called the ruling"a victory for extremists in America" and those who"want to discriminate against LGBTQ people." Ellis warned it could set a"precedent" during a Friday television interview on MSNBC. Meanwhile, 303 Creative owner Lorie Smith said the ruling was"a victory for each and every one of us.”"I’m grateful for the court for affirming the government can’t force anyone to say something they don’t believe," Smith said.
The Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Smith's favor. Liberal Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, and Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.
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