The Alliance Defending Freedom has been busy this year. Its senior legal council, Matt Sharp, has been on the move, parachuting into different state courthouses to testify or voice support for some of the record-shattering 501 anti-lgbtq bills that have been introduced in legislatures this year — more than 70 of which have passed into law.
In February, Sharp showed up in support of an Indiana bill that would forbid the Department of Child Services from removing trans kids from homes where their parents reject their child’s gender identity. In March, he...
In February, Sharp showed up in support of an Indiana bill that would forbid the Department of Child Services from removing trans kids from homes where their parents reject their child’s gender identity. In March, he...
- 10/29/2023
- by Spencer Macnaughton
- Rollingstone.com
Washington — The Supreme Court asked a lower court to again consider the case of a florist in Washington state who denied service to a same-sex couple based on her religious beliefs.
The justices sent the case back in light of their decision earlier this month in a Colorado case in which a cakeshop owner denied service to a same-sex couple for their wedding. The ruling, however, was on narrower grounds, as the justices found fault with the way that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was not neutral in how it treated the religious beliefs of the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, Jake Phillips.
The case of Arlene’s Flowers was similar in that its owner, Barronelle Stutzman, denied services to Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed for flower arrangements for their wedding.
“We are confident that the [Washington] court will again see that no business should have a right to discriminate. Enforcing...
The justices sent the case back in light of their decision earlier this month in a Colorado case in which a cakeshop owner denied service to a same-sex couple for their wedding. The ruling, however, was on narrower grounds, as the justices found fault with the way that the Colorado Civil Rights Commission was not neutral in how it treated the religious beliefs of the owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, Jake Phillips.
The case of Arlene’s Flowers was similar in that its owner, Barronelle Stutzman, denied services to Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed for flower arrangements for their wedding.
“We are confident that the [Washington] court will again see that no business should have a right to discriminate. Enforcing...
- 6/25/2018
- by Ted Johnson
- Variety Film + TV
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