Coverage dated December 3, 2022 to December 5, 2022

Supreme Court conservatives seem to side with website designer who doesn't want to work with same-sex couples

Headline from KVIA El Paso

(CNN) -- Several conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed sympathetic Monday to arguments from a graphic designer who seeks to start a website business to celebrate weddings but does not want to work with same-sex couples.

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18 articles, oldest first.

  1. New York Times

    A New Clash Between Faith and Gay Rights Arrives at a Changed Supreme Court (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    A Colorado graphic designer says she has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites for same-sex weddings despite a state anti-discrimination law.

  2. Insider

    Supreme Court hears free-speech challenge from a Christian graphic designer who refuses to create websites for same-sex weddings (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    Lorie Smith claims Colorado is forcing her to create messages that go against her religious beliefs, violating her free-speech rights.

  3. New York Times

    Live Updates: Supreme Court to Hear Case Pitting Gay Rights Against Religion (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    A web designer in Colorado wants to limit her wedding-related services to celebrations of heterosexual unions because of her religious beliefs, but a state law prohibits discrimination against gay people by businesses open to the public.

  4. NBC News

    Supreme Court weighs web designer’s refusal to work on same-sex weddings (opens NBC News)

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    NBC News's feed description

    The justices will consider whether web designer Lorie Smith, a conservative evangelical Christian, has a free-speech right that trumps Colorado's antidiscrimination law.

  5. Digital Journal

    Supreme Court takes up the clash between religion and gay rights (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    A Colorado graphic designer says she has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites for same-sex weddings.

  6. Advocate

    Supreme Court Appears to Lean Toward Ruling for Antigay Web Designer (opens Advocate)

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    Advocate's feed description

    The court's conservative majority seemed to sympathize with a designer who argues she has a legal right to turn away same-sex couples who seek wedding websites.

  7. CBS News

    Supreme Court appears sympathetic to Colorado designer who opposes creating same-sex wedding sites (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The court heard arguments in a case about a Christian business owner who says her religious beliefs prevent her from creating custom websites for a same-sex wedding.

  8. Washington Post

    Supreme Court seems to side with web designer opposed to same-sex marriage (opens Washington Post)

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    Washington Post's feed description

    Conservative justices seemed amendable to web designer Lorie Smith’s argument that the state can't compel her to make wedding sites for same-sex couples.

  9. Forbes

    Supreme Court Signals It May Side With Web Designer Who Wants To Refuse Same-Sex Couples (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    The court is considering whether to let a web designer in Colorado refuse to make wedding websites for same-sex couples—even though none have actually asked her to do so yet.

  10. Local News 8

    Same-sex marriage fight continues Monday at the Supreme Court with challenge from website designer (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The Supreme Court will revisit the intersection of LGBTQ rights and religious liberty on Monday, when it takes up the case of a graphic designer who seeks to start a website business to celebrate weddings — but does not want to work with same-sex couple…

  11. KVIA El Paso

    Supreme Court conservatives seem to side with website designer who doesn't want to work with same-sex couples (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    (CNN) -- Several conservative members of the Supreme Court seemed sympathetic Monday to arguments from a graphic designer who seeks to start a website business to celebrate weddings but does not want to work with same-sex couples.

  12. Fox News

    Web designer refusing to create sites for same-sex weddings urges Supreme Court to uphold free speech rights (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    A Colorado web designer is asking the Supreme Court to uphold her freedom of speech in a case centered around her refusal to design wedding websites for same-sex couples.

  13. NPR

    Supreme Court hears case of web designer who doesn't want to work on same-sex weddings (opens NPR)

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    NPR's feed description

    Lorie Smith says Colorado's public accommodations laws violate her right of free speech.

  14. KHOU Houston

    'You have to accommodate all comers': Colorado AG discusses Supreme Court case on wedding websites (opens KHOU Houston)

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    KHOU Houston's feed description

    Phil Weiser talked about the case of a Colorado-based web designer who said she won't design websites for same-sex couples because it violates her religious beliefs.

  15. RedState

    Supreme Court Signals It Will Side With Website Designer Who Refused to Create Sites for Gay Marriages (opens RedState)

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    RedState's feed description

    The Supreme Court seems ready to make a move in the direction of religious and personal freedom.

  16. Arizona Mirror

    Justices signal support for designer who won’t help gay couples with weddings (opens Arizona Mirror)

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    Arizona Mirror's feed description

    A six-year crusade came to a head at the Supreme Court on Monday, pitting Colorado's nondiscrimination law against a Christian website designer who refuses to create wedding websites for same-sex couples.

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