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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Colleen Slevin,Jesse Bedayn and Matthew Brown

Web designer in Supreme Court gay rights ruling cited client who denies making wedding site request

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A Christian website designer in Colorado did not want to provide her services to same-sex couples, potentially running afoul of state law that prohibits public-facing businesses from discriminating against LGBT+ people.

The designer didn’t have any same-sex clients. She didn’t receive any requests from gay couples to work on their wedding websites. But in her legal challenge, supported by an influential right-wing legal group that backed a lawsuit ending Roe v Wade, she argued that Colorado’s law infringed on her First Amendment rights.

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