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Web designer, lawyer say court recognized she doesn’t reject classes of people, only messages

A lawyer for a Colorado graphic web designer says some Supreme Court justices appeared to understand that her client doesn’t discriminate against classes of people, only messages that oppose her Christian faith.

Kristen Waggoner, an attorney for the conservative Christian legal advocacy group Alliance Defending Freedom, argued for Lorie Smith before the Supreme Court this month in challenging Colorado’s public accommodations law, which the web designer says violates her free speech rights.

Ms. Smith, owner of 303 Creative, has refused to design websites for same-sex weddings.

“Lorie bases her decisions on what the message is she is asked to create and not who the person is and we heard some of the justices echo that as well,” Ms.