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    Supreme Court leans in favor of a Christian website designer’s right to turn away gay weddings

    by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Dec 05, 2022 3 minutes
    Joseph Fons holds a Pride Flag in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building after the court ruled that LGBTQ people can not be disciplined or fired based on their sexual orientation, Washington, D.C., June 15, 2020.

    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday sounded ready to rule that a Christian website designer has a free-speech right to refuse to work with same-sex couples planning to marry.

    The justices heard arguments in a Colorado case that posed a conflict between a business owner’s First Amendment rights and a state anti-discrimination law that requires business to provide equal service to all, without regard to race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

    The court’s three liberals argued against giving a broad exemption to business owners

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