Supreme Court to weigh whether web designer may refuse services for same-sex weddings

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : The Supreme Court is now set to consider Smith's appeal and weigh "whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment."
44% : The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the case, in which a Christian web designer, Lorie Smith, said she would refuse to create websites for same-sex marriages, the Los Angeles Times reports.
37% : Her attorneys said she is "willing to work with all people regardless of race, creed, sexual orientation, and gender" but that she "cannot create websites that promote messages contrary to her faith, such as messages that condone violence or promote sexual immorality, abortion, or same-sex marriage."

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