In SCOTUS Brief, NYSBA Argues Against LGBTQ 'Discrimination' in Colorado Same-Sex Wedding Website Design

"This court would not tolerate a business owner proclaiming in the name of free speech or free expression that its business is open to whites only," wrote the bar association in a 23-page amicus brief submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. "Nor should it tolerate a business owner communicating to the public that only one man and one woman may use its wedding services."

August 23, 2022 at 05:08 PM

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Constitutional Law

Jason Grant
Staff reporter

The New York State Bar Association has filed an amicus curie brief in a pending U.S. Supreme Court case that considers the question of whether an artist selling a public service can deny that service to same-sex couples planning to marry, by citing First Amendment free-speech protection.