The U.S. Supreme Court is once again taking on the simmering conflict between laws banning discrimination against same-sex couples and religious adherents.
The court on Tuesday agreed to review a case brought by Lorie Smith, a prospective web designer who wants to start a wedding website business but has not done so because Colorado law bars discriminating against same-sex couples in public services, and she believes that providing her work for same-sex couples would conflict with God’s will.
If this all sounds very familiar, that’s because it is. In 2017, the court heard a very similar challenge to Colorado’s anti-discrimination law from a baker who objected to creating cakes for same-sex weddings.
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