Graphic Design Is (Not) My Passion: How a Hypothetical Wedding Website Upended LGBTQ+ Public Accommodations Law and Where We Go from Here

Authors

Skylar Corby, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Abstract

The note examines the implications of the Supreme Court's decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, which upheld the First Amendment protection for a website designer refusing to create designs contrary to her beliefs, thereby invalidating part of Colorado's antidiscrimination law. This ruling undermines LGBTQ+ public accommodations protections, highlighting the need for federal legislation, such as the Equality Act, to safeguard these rights and address First Amendment concerns.

Disciplines

Comparative and Foreign Law | Constitutional Law | Law | Law and Gender | Sexuality and the Law

Recommended Citation

Skylar Corby, Graphic Design Is (Not) My Passion: How a Hypothetical Wedding Website Upended LGBTQ+ Public Accommodations Law and Where We Go from Here, 31 Cardozo J. Equal Rts. & Soc. Just. 703 (2025).
Available at: https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/cardozoersj/vol31/iss3/6