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I agree. The issue is because 330 Creative LLC wanted to include the following in marketing materials: > These same religious convictions that motivate me also
by eesmith 5y ago
I agree. The issue is because 330 Creative LLC wanted to include the following in marketing materials:
> These same religious convictions that motivate me also prevent me from creating websites promoting and celebrating ideas or messages that violate my beliefs. So I will not be able to create websites for same-sex marriages or any other marriage that is not between one man and one woman. Doing that would compromise my Christian witness and tell a story about marriage that contradicts God’s true story of marriage –the very story He is calling me to promote.
and follow that restriction, but "Appellants have not yet offered wedding-related services, or published the Proposed Statement, because Appellants are unwilling to violate CADA."
(quoting from the linked-to decision at https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/303Creative.pdf https://reason.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/303Creative.pd... ).
Indeed, the appellates state they are:
> willing to “create custom graphics and websites for gay, lesbian, or bisexual clients ... so long as the custom graphics and websites do not violate [Appellants’] religious beliefs, as is true for all customers.” ... Thus, Appellants are not injured because CADA might “compel” them to create a website announcing a birthday party for a gay man; that is something Appellants would do willingly. Nor are Appellants injured because CADA might “compel” them to create a website announcing “God is Dead”; Colorado concedes CADA would not apply if Appellants would not produce such a website for any customers.
So the lawsuit is really targeting just one special circumstance - gay marriage - as a sort of wedge issue.
https://freedomforallamericans.org/303-creative-v-elenis/ https://freedomforallamericans.org/303-creative-v-elenis/ comments "The designer is represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization that works aggressively to restrict and roll back non-discrimination protections and basic equality for LGBTQ Americans."