Lorie Smith is the owner of 303 Creative, a graphic design firm based in Colorado.
While generally happy to produce work for any paying customer, Smith wanted to offer wedding-related services exclusively to straight couples because complicity in the celebration of homosexual unions would otherwise “compromise [her] Christian witness.” Since Colorado’s Anti-Discrimination Act would have forced her to do just that, she took the Democrat-run state to court — and won.
Months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Smith’s favor and a federal circuit court barred the state from enforcing the CADA’s communication and accommodation clauses against the designer, Colorado officials have come to a settlement, agreeing Tuesday to pay a hefty sum to the guarantors of their defeat.
“As the Supreme Court said, I’m free to create art consistent with my beliefs without fear of Colorado punishing me anymore,” Smith said in a statement. “This is a win not just for me but for all Americans — for those who share my beliefs and for those who hold different views.”
Smith’s original complaint filed in 2016 claimed that Colorado law stripped her and her organization “of the freedom to choose what messages to create and to convey in the marriage context.” […]
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