Denver wedding website designer Lorie Smith, who opposes same-sex marriage, is asking the high court to strike down Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act, which would require her to serve LGBTQ couples or face fines.
which would require her to serve LGBTQ couples or face fines. She says the law, which has no exemptions, forces her to implicitly express support for something that violates her religious beliefs.
Colorado Attorney General Philip Weiser says business owners must accommodate all customers, regardless of sexual orientation. Speaking to ABC News, he says the equal access principle has deep roots in American law.If the justices were to allow a "free speech exemption" from anti-discrimination protections, Weiser said, the impact could extend far beyond sexual orientation to potentially allow discrimination based on someone's religion, race or ethnicity.
The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act makes it illegal for businesses to discriminate against a customer on account of disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, national origin or ancestry.
Phillips argues that he and Smith are artists and that each custom-made cake and website are acts of personal expression. "The cake itself is a message," he said. "If it's not something I would say, then it's not something I'll write on a cake."
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