Colo. AG Warns if Americans Don't Serve Everyone, Discrimination Could Grow Beyond LGBTQ
At issue is current case before the US Supreme Court
Should a Colorado web designer win her case before the US Supreme Court, it's not only the LGBTQ community who could face religious-based discrimination, according to the state's attorney general.
The nation's high court heard arguments Monday in the case brought by Lorie Smith, of Denver. A provider of graphic and website design services who wants to expand to wedding website services, Smith states that she doesn't want to provide wedding services for gay and lesbian couples citing religious objection.
She brought the legal case because she fears that by denying services for same-sex marriages, Smith would run a foul of Colorado's public accommodation anti-discrimination law.
Should Smith prevail and win at the Supreme Court, that decision would open the door to all sorts of discrimination — in addition to that of the LGBTQ community, said Colorado state Attorney General Philip Wieser.
“Well, first off, we’re going to start having to figure out where to draw that line. If someone makes specialized lattes, do they gave an express of interest in saying, ‘I’m sorry, I don’t want to serve Mormons because I don’t believe in the Mormon religion?’ That set of hypotheticals could become reality if we lose this case,” Wieser said in an on-camera appearance on MSNBC.
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