In the fight for religious freedom in this country, business owners that hold opposing views are nonetheless beginning to recognize that taking away freedom from one group means taking it away from all groups. Consider, for example, the issue of homosexual “rights” vs. freedom of choice for a Kentucky-based printer who respectfully refused to print T-shirts for a gay pride event. The homosexuals sued the printing company and Blaine Adamson nearly lost his livlihood.
But in a surprising (and refreshing) twist, even pro-homosexual business owners in other states quickly came out in support of the Kentucky printer. These business owners recognized the threat to precious freedom. After all, if a Christian printer is forced to either go against his conscience or lose his business, the same could one day be true for, say, a lesbian-owned print shop if it were forced to print anti-abortion T-shirts. Alliance Defending Freedom took on the legal battle.
Here’s the story:
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys representing a Lexington printer have filed their brief with the Kentucky Court of Appeals after the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission appealed the printer’s expressive freedom victory at the trial court level. In addition, a number of groups with varying views on social issues have come together to file defending not only this printer’s freedom, but also the freedom of other artistic and expressive professionals. The commission ruled in 2014 that Blaine Adamson of Hands On Originals must….Read More>>