Colorado wedding website designer can refuse gay customers, U.S. Supreme Court rules

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : "I think even this court would say if you are a diner and you're (refusing to serve) people food -- like sit-ins in the '60s -- that is still a violation of the public accommodation law because there's no expressive conduct in serving people food, so it doesn't violate the First Amendment."
55% :"The First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees," he wrote.
49% : Justice Neil Gorsuch authored the justices' 6-3 decision, which found that Smith's wedding websites are expressive content protected by the First Amendment right to free speech, and that means Colorado cannot force Smith to say or create messages that she does not believe.
49% : By issuing this new license to discriminate in a case brought by a company that seeks to deny same-sex couples the full and equal enjoyment of its services, the immediate, symbolic effect of the decision is to mark gays and lesbians for second-class status.
46% : The First Amendment allows a Colorado graphic designer to refuse to make wedding websites for same-sex couples, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday in a decision that could have a sweeping nationwide impact.
43% : The high court ruled for Littleton graphic artist Lorie Smith, who said her Christian faith and right to free speech prevent her from creating wedding websites for same-sex couples.
42% : The opinion of the Court is, quite literally, a notice that reads: 'Some services may be denied to same-sex couples.'

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