Supreme Court Rules Some Businesses Can Refuse Service to LGBTs if it Violates Religious Beliefs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : From SCOTUS Blog: Gorsuch conceded that in some cases it may be difficult for courts to determine "what qualifies as expressive activity protected by the First Amendment."
48% : - "The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands.
47% : Colorado cannot deny that promise consistent with the First Amendment," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.
45% : Driving the news: The case concerns Lorie Smith, a Colorado web designer who wanted to create and sell wedding websites, but not to same-sex couples.
45% : The conservative-majority Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Smith, saying she has a First Amendment right to refuse to design custom wedding websites for same-sex couples.
40% : As Chief Judge Timothy Tymkovich noted in his dissent from the 10th Circuit's decision, Gorsuch wrote, "governments could force 'an unwilling Muslim movie director to make a film with a Zionist message,' they could compel 'an atheist muralist to accept a commission celebrating Evangelical zeal,' and they could require a gay website designer to create websites for a group advocating against same-sex marriage, so long as these speakers would accept commissions from the public with different messages."
37% : From Axios, "Supreme Court rules businesses can refuse service to LGBTQ+ customers": Businesses can refuse to serve same-sex couples if doing so would violate the owners' religious beliefs, the Supreme Court ruled on Friday.

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