The Supreme Court will decide whether a Colorado anti-discrimination law violates the free speech rights of a graphic artist who says creating wedding websites for same-sex couples conflicts with her religious views about marriage.
The case marks the first time in four years in which justices will explore the line that anti-discrimination laws draw between religious beliefs and LGBTQ rights when it comes to businesses that serve the general public.
Any decision by the recently expanded 6-3 conservative majority, likely not until next year, could make this a potentially landmark case on a simmering social issue, and some Republican members of Congress had urged the Supreme Court to take up the case.