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Web Designer to Appeal 10th Circuit's Ruling Forcing Her to Create Objectionable Websites
Newsweek ^ | 27 Jul 2021 | Carly Mayberry

Posted on 07/27/2021 6:51:17 PM PDT by blueplum

AColorado web designer is appealing a ruling made Monday by the 10th Circuit Court that rejected her challenge of Colorado's anti-discrimination law and requires her to create wedding websites for same-sex couples despite it violating her religious beliefs.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit ruled 2 – 1 the state can force Lorie Smith of studio 303 Creative to design and publish websites promoting messages that go against her personal religious beliefs. The law at issue also prevents Smith from explaining on her company's website what sites she can create that are consistent with her beliefs.

By making the decision, the three-judge panel overturned a lower court ruling throwing out ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: 10thcircuit; chiefjudge; dcolorado; dubyajudge; federalcourts; marciaskrieger; marybeckbriscoe; michaelmurphy; michaelrmurphy; rapinbilljudge; scotusbound; seniormomentjudge; smirkingchimpjudge; tenthcircuit; timothytymkovich; tymkovichdissents; wokeweb
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you know, we need a concerted effort where gay business owners are contacted and demand is made for a religious painting or cake or whatever. Then sue when they decline. Two can play this game, and so far, only one side is playing while the other thinks they're sitting ducks.
1 posted on 07/27/2021 6:51:17 PM PDT by blueplum
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Seeing how twitter can ban people for legal speech I don’t see how logically they can force this woman to MAKE a website for two faggots. They are more than welcome to make their own website.
Also just in a general sense, it’s simply not a service she provides.


2 posted on 07/27/2021 6:57:01 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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It appears the gays and their lawyers are fascists


3 posted on 07/27/2021 7:02:32 PM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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I wonder if Gorsuch will make up law out of thin air (again) if this goes to SCOTUS.


4 posted on 07/27/2021 7:02:36 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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Yep!


5 posted on 07/27/2021 7:04:24 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (RIP my "teddy bear". )
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Take the money and be sure to loudly let them know that you’ll be given a portion of the earnings to your favorite Conservative cause or possibly the National Rifle Association.


6 posted on 07/27/2021 7:04:57 PM PDT by The Louiswu (Peace to you and may God Bless you.)
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And here I thought involuntary servitude had been outlawed!


7 posted on 07/27/2021 7:07:55 PM PDT by curious7
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If they can force you to buy health care insurance,
if they can force you to take an unapproved but "authorized" vaccination,
why can't they can force you to do any work they damned well please?...
8 posted on 07/27/2021 7:10:09 PM PDT by null and void ("Fact Checkers" Didn't Exist Until The Truth Started Getting Out)
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If you think someone is so awful/bigoted - why in the world would you want to give them money? Makes zero sense.

This is just to torture someone for not sharing their worldview - not to get a product from them, which is available elsewhere.


9 posted on 07/27/2021 7:12:07 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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Go the next step... What’s to prevent them from telling an artist what can be painted, or a writer what can be written? I don’t think I’m being hyperbolic here, but if they can force you to convey certain thoughts on a website or a wedding cake, why not any medium at all?


10 posted on 07/27/2021 7:12:35 PM PDT by Retrofitted
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Please, please, please. Will some gay couple please go to a Muslim-owned bakery, and demand a wedding cake.


11 posted on 07/27/2021 7:13:01 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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So.... be a whore.

No.

12 posted on 07/27/2021 7:14:17 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem. (The wolf changes his coat, not his disposition.))
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"Then sue when they decline."

You need the financial backing of Right Wing groups to pay the lawyers to make the case.

The Left has the backing of left wing millionaires and billionaires who are intent on destroying the USA.

The real question is why the several SCOTUS rulings are not enforceable in these Colorado cases?

Also, since outside parties are financing these lawsuits, why is the IRS not involved since plaintiffs are receiving taxable income to finance the suites?

13 posted on 07/27/2021 7:16:27 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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Please, please, please. Will some gay couple please go to a Muslim-owned bakery, and demand a wedding cake.

Been done.

The courts sided with the mohammedans.

Did you really expect anything else?

14 posted on 07/27/2021 7:16:32 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Lupus pilum mutat, non mentem. (The wolf changes his coat, not his disposition.))
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Easy, make them a website that is so buggy and crappy that they will never come back.

As for the wedding cake, would you REALLY want a cake from a person who really didn’t want to make it? (Think about the chocolate pie in The Help).


15 posted on 07/27/2021 7:16:44 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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Not when it comes to gays.


16 posted on 07/27/2021 7:17:28 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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Exactly.


17 posted on 07/27/2021 7:18:15 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (“Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.” ― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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Precisely.

While we're at it, why can't they decide who you can marry?

18 posted on 07/27/2021 7:18:24 PM PDT by null and void ("Fact Checkers" Didn't Exist Until The Truth Started Getting Out)
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Charge them an outrageous fee, do a lousy job and then see what happens. There are many ways around this bulverism, just
takes some time. Get your money, close the business, incorporate under a different name and let the sodomites chase you. just stay one step ahead.


19 posted on 07/27/2021 7:19:18 PM PDT by Fungi
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You don’t have to do this in North Korea, China or Iran.


20 posted on 07/27/2021 7:21:12 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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