Nebraska joins legal push for Colorado business’ right to deny services to same-sex couples

LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Nebraska Lawyer Normal Doug Peterson has joined a authorized push urging the U.S. Supreme Court docket to again the First Modification rights of enterprise house owners who want to refuse providers to prospects that contradict their spiritual beliefs.

The amicus temporary initiative originated in Colorado, the place the proprietor of a graphic and internet design firm is suing for the fitting to disclaim constructing web sites for same-sex {couples} as she expands into the enterprise of making marriage ceremony web sites. Within the doc, 303 Artistic proprietor Lorie Smith alleges that Colorado’s anti-discrimination regulation violates her First Modification rights.

“As a result of Smith speaks by her customized design work, Colorado can not pressure her to handle the subject of same-sex marriage,” the discharge from Peterson’s workplace states. “SCOTUS’s [sic] precedents have banned compelled speech with out nullifying public-accommodation legal guidelines.”

The Nebraska AG joins counterparts in 18 different states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia.

Nebraska’s attachment to the temporary is dated Thursday, two days into Satisfaction Month.

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