Supreme Court to weigh whether webpage designer can deny services to same-sex couples

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Smith's case is largely a continuation of the unresolved legal questions brought in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case, which concerned whether a business owner could decline to make a custom wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
50% : Lori Smith, a Christian graphic artist and webpage designer, is seeking to expand her services to create webpages for weddings but argues her religious convictions prevent her from making websites for same-sex couples.
39% : The Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a case over whether a wedding website designer can decline to provide services to same-sex couples under Colorado's anti-discrimination law.
34% : "Requiring the company to produce the same services for same-sex couples that it produces for opposite-sex couples does not require it to speak in favor of same-sex marriage," attorneys for Colorado said.
21% : "But 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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