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State Chapters => State Politics/Government => Topic started by: corbe on August 23, 2019, 06:43:55 pm
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Kentucky Supreme Court to decide: Can gays force Christian print shops to promote their politics?
by Nicole Russell
August 23, 2019 02:32 PM
Today, the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear the latest First Amendment case pitting gay activism against the rights of Christian business owners.
Oral arguments will be presented in Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission v. Hands On Originals, a case revolving around Blaine Adamson’s Kentucky-based print shop, Hands On Originals, and his refusal to print shirts promoting a pro-gay rights message with which he disagreed.
The Kentucky Supreme Court agreed to hear the case after lower courts upheld Adamson’s First Amendment right to decline to engage in speech he disagrees with. Here’s the background.
A group called the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization asked Adamson to print shirts promoting the Lexington Pride Festival, an event they were hosting. Adamson declined to print the shirts, citing his religious beliefs, and instead offered to connect the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization to another printer who would have made them the shirts.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kentucky-supreme-court-to-decide-can-gays-force-christian-print-shops-to-promote-their-politics (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kentucky-supreme-court-to-decide-can-gays-force-christian-print-shops-to-promote-their-politics)