Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Christian Web Designer Who Claims She's Being 'Forced' by State Government to Promote Same-Sex Marriage

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent, contrary to the artist's sincerely held religious beliefs, violates the Free Speech or Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment.2.
47% : But the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA) requires her to create custom websites celebrating same-sex marriage and prohibits her statement -- even though Colorado stipulates that she "work[s] with all people regardless of ... sexual orientation."
47% : That case held that city adoption agencies violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment when they refused to contract with a Catholic adoption organization because of the latter's refusal to "certify same-sex couples as foster parents."
47% : Masterpiece, of course, is a reference to Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, the 2018 case that held states must apply anti-discrimination laws in a neutral manner and could not exhibit "clear and impermissible hostility" when seeking to enforce those laws against individuals whose "sincere religious beliefs" were seemingly at odds with the state's anti-discrimination goals.
46% : According to an order, the court only wishes to consider the first question, namely "[w]hether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment."
45% : The record contains no evidence that anyone has asked the Company to create a website for a same-sex wedding; that Colorado has threatened enforcement; or that any future wedding website would convey a message that would be attributed to the Company.
43% : Whether a commercial provider has standing, and its claim is ripe, when it has not entered the market, has no customers, has not created a product, and has not shown a credible threat of enforcement under the challenged law?2.
39% : The Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday agreed to hear a case involving a Christian website designer and her company, an LLC, who claim they are being "forced" by the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act to support same-sex marriage.
36% : First, 303 Creative LLC and its owner (together, the Company) fail to show that it faces a credible threat of enforcement under the Act.

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