Supreme Court Takes Case Involving Refusal to Serve Same-Sex Couples

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday morning to hear a case involving the rights of LGBTQ+ people and religious freedom.
53% : Smith wants to expand her wedding website services, however, she has argued that she would have to object to providing services for same-sex couples, according to the Associated Press.
50% : The case, expected to be argued in the fall, will examine "whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment," according to The New York Times.
42% : Justices said at the time that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission had acted with anti-religious bias against Phillips for refusing to bake a cake for a same-sex couple getting married.
40% : A Colorado web designer says she will not provide wedding website creation services to same-sex couples.

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