Homosexual couple take Wedding Invitation designers to court and loose
The Arizona Supreme Court issued a major ruling this week upholding the right of Christian artists to decline to use their talents to promote a same-sex 'wedding,' which the city of Phoenix said violated an anti-discrimination ordinance that makes it illegal to refuse services to same-sex couples based on religious beliefs. In its ruling, the majority wrote, "beliefs about same-sex marriage may seem old-fashioned, or even offensive to some. But the guarantees of free speech and freedom of religion are not only for those who are deemed sufficiently enlightened, advanced, or progressive. They are for everyone.” While we commend the Arizona Supreme Court for their ruling in favor of artists Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski, who design custom wedding invitations, we take issue with the characterization of their beliefs as outdated and even offensive. Marriage as the union of a man and a woman has existed since the beginning of time and never goes out of date. It is unive...