Statement in SCOTUS Case of 303 Creative v. Elenis from National LGBTQ Task Force and Out Boulder County
thetaskforce.org(December 5, 2022) Just two weeks after a shooter killed 5 people, injured 18, and traumatized so many others at Club Q in Colorado Springs, the United States Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in an anti-LGBTQ public accommodations discrimination case from Colorado.
In the case of 303 Creative v. Elenis, the National LGBTQ Task Force joins the friend of the court (amicus) brief of GLAD, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), Lambda Legal, White & Case LLP, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC).
The case involves a Colorado wedding website designer who asks the Supreme Court to approve her ugly intentional discrimination against LGBTQ+ people.
Lorie Smith, this secular business’s owner, claims she is an artist with a First Amendment free speech and freedom of religion right to publicly claim on her website that she won’t serve LGBTQ+ individuals.
