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Vanessa Taylor

The Supreme Court will decide if discrimination against LGBTQ+ people counts as free speech

Many of us remember the Supreme Court taking on the infamous wedding bakery case. Now, yet another Coloradan is looking to the court to protect their right to be, well, a bigot. In this case, the Supreme Court will consider a free speech claim from a Colorado web designer, who says it goes against her religious beliefs to build wedding websites to LGBTQ+ couples.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court announced it would take up the case of Lorie Smith. Per AP News, Smith, a Denver-area designer, wants to expand her graphic and website design business to include wedding website services. However, she wants to post a statement on her site saying she’ll decline any requests from LGBTQ+ couples, citing Christianity as her excuse.

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