Supreme Court to rule today on whether creative businesses can refuse to serve LGBTQ+ customers

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Supreme Court to rule today on whether creative businesses can refuse to serve LGBTQ+ customers
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A wedding website designer asked the court to strike down a Colorado law that would require her to serve LGBTQ+ couples or face fines.

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The justices will issue decisions at 10 a.m. ET to finish the term it began back in October. Three cases remain out of the 59 argued. "If you're open to the public, you need to accommodate everybody. That's a core of our civil rights law, and it has deep roots in American law," said Colorado Attorney General Phillip Weiser.

If the justices were to allow a "free speech exemption" from anti-discrimination protections, Weiser said, the impact could extend far beyond sexual orientation to potentially allow discrimination based on someone's religion, race or ethnicity.

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