{"id":4019,"date":"2023-06-30T08:30:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T15:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2025-05-30T07:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T14:33:33","slug":"colorado-would-force-her-to-create-lgbtq-wedding-websites-but-shes-fighting-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/2023\/06\/30\/colorado-would-force-her-to-create-lgbtq-wedding-websites-but-shes-fighting-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado Would Force Her to Create LGBTQ Wedding Websites, But She\u2019s Fighting Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UPDATE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2023\/06\/just-supreme-court-rules-favor-christian-web-designer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court rules in her favor<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should a state be able to force you to do something against your faith and against God? Of course not, but this shows how the reprobate minds in government want to force you into compliance. And how all the god haters steeped in sin want to force you to be silent, comply, and affirm their sinful life choices. But it&#8217;s with love that we warn them that what they&#8217;re doing are transgressions against a holy and just God, and that they&#8217;re headed towards physical and spiritual death if they don&#8217;t change course. Those that affirm them in their sin are the hateful ones, content to see them condemned to hell for eternity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colorado Wants to Force Her To Create LGBTQ Wedding Websites\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nfk1q-EXNDE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/05\/08\/exclusive-colorado-force-her-create-lgbtq-wedding-websites-fighting-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2023\/05\/08\/exclusive-colorado-force-her-create-lgbtq-wedding-websites-fighting-back\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ub-divider ub_divider ub-divider-orientation-horizontal\" id=\"ub_divider_b7852e9f-2953-4f8b-82c4-0a228f41107a\"><div class=\"ub_divider_wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; margin-bottom: 2px; width: 100%; height: 2px; \" data-divider-alignment=\"center\"><div class=\"ub_divider_line\" style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 2px; \"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>By Mary Margaret Olohan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graphic designer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/12\/05\/lorie-smith-goes-to-washington-fighting-to-create-and-design-consistent-with-her-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lori Smith<\/a> believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman. She also wants to create wedding websites. Under Colorado\u2019s discrimination laws, if she were to create wedding websites, she would be compelled to do so for same-sex weddings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, she has taken her case to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/tag\/supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a>, asking the court to say that Colorado\u2019s discrimination law violates her rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/author\/mary-margaret-olohan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Daily Signal<\/a> team visited Lori\u2019s shop, 303 Creative, in Denver, Colorado, ahead of the expected June ruling in her case. Her office is decorated in teal and gold, both trendy and feminine. \u201cCreate freely,\u201d one piece of wall decor reads. Another one quotes Esther, from the Bible: \u201cPerhaps you were born for such a time as this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/05\/politics\/supreme-court-same-sex-couples-lorie-smith\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lori herself is warm<\/a> and welcoming. She\u2019s pretty used to media at this point, quick to get to the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI create unique, one of a kind artwork, and messaging for my clients,\u201d she shared. \u201cI love what I do. I have clients who come from all different walks of life, I have clients who identify as LGBT.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to design and create, and I\u2019ve always wanted to create and design for weddings,\u201d Lori said. \u201cBut I can\u2019t do that\u2026because the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/tag\/colorado\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">state of Colorado<\/a> is censoring my speech and forcing me to create custom and unique artwork, one of a kind designs that celebrate messages about marriage that go against what I believe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-27.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-27-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-27-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pictured: Lori Smith. Photo by The Daily Signal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Alliance Defending Freedom senior legal counsel Kellie Fiedorek, Colorado is \u201cmisusing its public accommodation law to censor speech,\u201d particularly in the state\u2019s treatment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2021\/11\/19\/attorneys-general-amicus-brief-masterpiece-cakeshop-owner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Masterpiece Cakeshop owner<\/a> Jack Phillips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd now they are threatening to use the same law to force Lori to violate her beliefs,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ADF filed this case six and a half years ago. In December, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt has been a very long journey,\u201d the ADF legal counsel said. \u201cWe lost at both the district court and the 10th circuit. They said the Colorado government has the ability to compel speech and so we appealed that decision to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailysignal.com\/2022\/06\/10\/graphic-designer-asks-supreme-court-to-allow-her-to-say-no-to-same-sex-weddings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the U.S Supreme Court<\/a> and we\u2019re so grateful that they agreed to hear Lori\u2019s case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question ADF is asking on behalf of its clients: can the government compel an artist to force them to create custom artwork or speech that goes against the core of who that artist is?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jack has been in contentious litigation for over a decade, all stemming from his refusal to bake a cake to celebrate what two men claimed was a same-sex wedding. His decade-long battle stems from the firm conviction that no man can serve two masters, as Jesus Christ said in the Sermon on the Mount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has paid dearly for this belief. But he\u2019s not done fighting. Asked if this has taken a toll on him spiritually, Jack said that the trial has actually helped build his faith and tie his family closer together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also has gained a lot of friends through the experience \u2014 he warmly greeted everyone who came into the shop, and seemed to know many of his customers personally. One family on vacation in Denver had ordered a cake for their teenage son, Sam. When they came into Masterpiece Cakeshop to pick it up that day, they joyously greeted Jack as though he were a celebrity, thanking and praising him for his endurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-28.png 1024w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-28-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-28-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pictured: Jack Phillips stands with a customer and his birthday cake. Photo by The Daily Signal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But both Jack and Lori have faced intense backlash for fighting for the right to create consistent with their religious beliefs \u2014&nbsp;doxxing of their addresses, threats to their lives, and more. Jack gravely recalled how a man called the shop promising that he was on his way there to blow Jack\u2019s head off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That man repeatedly called Jack, updating him on his location and how soon he would be there to kill Jack. But he never showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lori described one night when she was fearful for her life, deluged by angry and threatening emails and phone calls, as her husband was traveling for work and she was home alone with their daughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI remember sleeping on the floor of my bedroom because my bedroom faced the street and I remember seeing the headlights driving by, just wondering if someone was going to carry out on some of the threats that I had seen,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiedorek, the ADF lawyer, expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would rule in Lori\u2019s favor, noting that Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett, in particular, seemed \u201cvery uncomfortable\u201d with the 10th Circuit ruling and with the notion that a government could force one if its citizens to create custom art and speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Jack and Lori believe that they were chosen for this journey to the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that I would choose to do it again,\u201d Jack said with a wry laugh, \u201cbut God chose this for us. I didn\u2019t choose to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, I want to create consistent with what I believe,\u201d Lori emphasized. \u201cI want everyone to be able to have that same right. I know that what I\u2019m standing for is so much greater than just myself.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPerhaps I have been created for such a time as this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Supreme Court rules in her favor. Should a state be able to force you to do something against your faith and against God? Of course not, but this shows how the reprobate minds in government want to force you into compliance. And how all the god haters steeped in sin want to force you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-god","category-world"],"blocksy_meta":[],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Jason","author_link":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/author\/jturning\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4019"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12044,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4019\/revisions\/12044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jasonsblog.ddns.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}