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A Christian web designer stood up to the LGBT mob and activist politicians who targeted her for her support of biblical marriage. Following her Supreme Court victory, Colorado must now pay for her attorney fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 Colorado will likely pay $1,500,000 in legal fees to a Christian web designer who it tried to force to promote homosexual \u201cweddings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lorie Smith\u2019s attorneys at Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) secured the settlement recently, although it will be finalized in the coming weeks, according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The settlement follows a Supreme Court decision<\/a> in June 2023, which affirmed that Smith and her company 303 Creative could not be forced to create \u201cwedding\u201d websites for homosexuals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees,\u201d Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur clients Lorie Smith and her design studio, 303 Creative, prevailed at the US Supreme Court and achieved a landmark victory \u2014 a victory that helps to protect all Americans\u2019 freedom of speech from government censorship and coercion,\u201d ADF attorney Brian Neihart told the media recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colorado officials have regularly targeted faithful Christians who object to homosexual \u201cweddings.\u201d State officials previously lost<\/a> at the Supreme Court after Colorado punished baker Jack Phillips for refusing to create a cake for a homosexual \u201ccouple.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was then targeted<\/a> by an LGBT activist yet again. However, the 303 Creative<\/em> decision has allowed him to challenge<\/a> that targeting. Virginia photographer Bob Updegrove settled his lawsuit against the commonwealth following the 303<\/em> decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As LifeSiteNews previously reported:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Updegrove originally challenged<\/a> the Virginia Values Act in 2020. It was signed by liberal Virginia Governor Ralph Northam that same year and prohibited \u201cany type of discrimination aimed at [self-professed] LGBT persons in housing, public and private employment, public accommodations, and access to credit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Updegrove and other Christian creative professionals faced $50,000 fines for initial violations of the law and $100,000 penalties for subsequent violations. They also could have been forced to violate their conscience and provide the service.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs part of the settlement, Virginia officials agreed that Bob Updegrove is free to create wedding photography consistent with his beliefs, as protected by the First Amendment,\u201d ADF announced in November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Christian photographer in New York, Emilee Carpenter, also can continue to sue New York, a judge ruled in July of this year, according to Alliance Defending Freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carpenter is a blogger and photographer who is concerned about a New York law that would require her to work at a homosexual \u201cwedding.\u201d She originally lost in the federal court system but can now continue thanks to the 303 Creative<\/em> ruling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe First Amendment guarantees to all Americans\u2014including artists\u2014the freedom to choose which messages to express,\u201d Alliance Defending Freedom wrote in an article<\/a> about Carpenter. \u201cIf the government can compel Emilee to convey a view of marriage that cuts against her beliefs, it can compel the speech of others.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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