A Denver website designer wants to refuse to make sites for same-sex weddings. She says the ceremonies conflict with her religion. Critics say that’s discrimination.
- The Supreme Court will hear arguments this fall in the latest test of LGBTQ, religious and free speech rights.
- Conservatives say a government shouldn’t be allowed to compel artists to support same-sex marriage.
- The disputes follow the court’s landmark 2015 decision legalizing same-sex marriage.
WASHINGTON – Cindy Wilker, a retired Marine who jokingly describes herself as an “angry old lesbian,” isn’t easily offended – or pushed around.
But the 62-year-old Floridian was dumbstruck when a florist declined to sell her roses she hoped to buy for the woman she has loved for decades. She left the shop in tears.
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