Colorado Is Again Trying to Compel a Wedding Vendor's Speech

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Whether for wedding flowers, or for custom designed wedding cakes, these courts have repeatedly circumvented the rights of business owners to both practice their religious freedom and refuse to affirm messages that contradict their religious beliefs in the provision of their unique services.
47% : In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the court will decide whether a state's application of a nondiscrimination law, which would compel a website designer to create a website for a same-sex wedding, which she believes violates her sincerely held religious beliefs, violates her right to free speech under the First Amendment.
46% :It is high time the Supreme Court resolved this ongoing standoff between same-sex marriage and the First Amendment, so that vendors like Lorie Smith can earn a living while staying true to their religious beliefs.
43% : On July 26, 2021, the 10th Circuit ruled that Colorado's Anti-Discrimination Act required Lorie Smith, the owner of 303 Creative, to create custom websites celebrating a same-sex marriage, even though it was a violation of her sincerely held religious beliefs.
41% : As 10th Circuit Chief Judge Tymkovich's dissent explained, that ruling was "unprecedented" and "staggering" in scope as a one that empowered the government to force everyone to speak government-approved messages and "subvert[ed] our core understandings of the First Amendment."

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