Colorado Designer To Appeals Court . . . Halt Law Forcing Her To Promote Same-Sex Weddings
DENVER — Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys and allied attorneys representing a Colorado graphic designer, who challenged a state law forcing her to promote same-sex ceremonies, are appealing a September 1 ruling against her to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Issued by a federal judge, the ruling refused to temporarily halt the law that also prohibits her from publicly expressing her Christian belief in marriage between one man and one woman. The judge then placed her legal challenge on hold until the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a separate and distinct challenge. ADF attorneys represent Lorie Smith and her studio, 303 Creative. A federal judge ruled that Smith and her…Continue Reading