The Supreme Court gave a huge win today to Christian website designer in Colorado, ruling in favor of religious liberty. In short, the high Court said the government cannot force this Christian website designer to violate her religious beliefs.
The ruling can be summed up in this one statement by Gorsuch: “The First Amendment’s protections belong to all, not just to speakers whose motives the government finds worthy.”
#BREAKING: The Supreme Court rules 6-3 in favor of a Christian website designer in Colorado, protecting her under the First Amendment from having to create content that violate her religious beliefs https://t.co/R66gBYd7Hg
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) June 30, 2023
6-3 decision: 303 CREATIVE v. ELENIS
"Consistent with the First Amendment, the Nation’s answer is tolerance, not coercion. The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the… pic.twitter.com/V7FAgOMZS5
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 30, 2023
Steve Guest wrote: 6-3 decision: 303 CREATIVE v. ELENIS “Consistent with the First Amendment, the Nation’s answer is tolerance, not coercion. The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands. Colorado cannot deny that promise consistent with the First Amendment.”
The vote was 6-3 and Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson were the three in disagreement.
Here’s the full ruling:
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UPDATE: Sotomayor claimed the Pulse nightclub shooting happened because of anti-gay discrimination:
Oh, dear. Justice Sotomayor, in dissent, falsely claims that the Pulse shooting was animated by anti-gay discrimination.
How is she always like this? pic.twitter.com/hvT9J4HNrE
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) June 30, 2023