The Associated Press reports:
A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a web designer who didn’t want to create wedding websites for same-sex couples and sued to challenge Colorado’s anti-discrimination law, another twist in a series of court rulings nationwide about whether businesses denying services to LGBTQ people amounts to bias or freedom of speech.
A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Monday denied Lorie Smith’s attempt to overturn a lower court ruling throwing out her legal challenge.
The Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents Smith, argued that the law forced her to violate her Christian beliefs. In the 2-1 ruling, the panel said Colorado had a compelling interest in protecting the “dignity interests” of members of marginalized groups through its law.
Read the full article. As I reported when this suit was first filed back in 2016, it’s likely that Smith’s is yet another fake company created by the ADF in order file a “peremptory challenge.” In other words, she never refused any LGBT clients because she never had any attempt to hire her.
UPDATE: Web designer will appeal after 10th Circuit says Colorado can force her to create objectionable websites
ADF: First Jack Phillips, then Barronelle Stutzman, now Lorie Smith; how many more?
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