Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Against Same-Sex Marriage
- Ruling marks win for conservatives opposed to gay marriage
- Justices vote 6-3 along ideological lines on free speech issue
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC.
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A divided US Supreme Court carved out a First Amendment exception to laws barring businesses from discriminating, ruling that a Christian website designer has a free-speech right to create wedding pages only for opposite-sex couples.
Voting 6-3 along ideological lines, the court said the Constitution requires allowances for businesses that engage in expressive activities, rejecting Colorado’s contention that the designer would be discriminating against LGBTQ people.