Appeals court stunner: State can force Christians to violate religious beliefs- by WND

Appeals court stunner: State can force Christians to violate religious beliefs

‘It seems we have moved from ‘live and let live’ to ‘you can’t say that”

‘In God We Trust’ is emblazoned above the American flag in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. (Video screenshot)

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has created a precedent that the state of Colorado can discriminate against an artist, forcing her to violate her beliefs and provide messages she rejects, in pursuit of its “anti-discrimination” laws.

The ruling came in a case that now could be used to force a web designer to create sites with messages to which she objects based on her sincere religious faith.

The 2-1 decision sets up another opportunity for the Supreme Court to rule on the agenda pursued by many governmental units to punish Christians for refusing to promote the LGBT campaigns of various activists.

And the majority was targeted in a powerful rebuke by Chief Judge Timothy Tymkovich’s dissent.

The fight is over a case brought by Lorie Smith, and her 303 Creative LLC, against the state of Colorado over its “non-discrimination” laws that require her to express a message that offends her.

The majority said the state has the right to discriminate against her for her beliefs, and she must carry the message the state imposes. They wrote, “[Smith’s] Free Speech and Free Exercise rights are, of course, compelling. But so too is Colorado’s interest in protecting its citizens from the harms of discrimination.”

Tymkovich, however, noted that the case “illustrates exactly why we have a First Amendment. Properly applied, the Constitution protects Ms. Smith from the government telling her what to say or do.”

The majority, he said, created a “novel” position that “the government may force Ms. Smith to produce messages that violate her conscience. In doing so, the majority concludes not only that Colorado has a compelling interest in forcing Ms. Smith to speak a government-approved message against her religious beliefs, but also that its public-accommodation law is the least restrictive means of accomplishing this goal.

Is it because Christianity is the true faith that government acts against it?

“No case has ever gone so far. Though I am loathe to reference Orwell, the majority’s opinion endorses substantial government interference in matters of speech, religion and conscience. Indeed, this case represents another chapter in the growing disconnect between the Constitution’s endorsement of pluralism of belief on one hand and anti-discrimination laws’ restrictions of religious-based speech in the marketplace on the other.”

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