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--[Article from: DECISION / December 2019]

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~~CHRISTIAN PRINT SHOP OWNER WINS SEVEN-YEAR LEGAL BATTLE~

~~The Kentucky Supreme Court on October 31 ruled in favor of Lexington promotional print ship owner Blaine Adamson.

~~In 2012, the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization (GLSO) asked Adamson to print shirts promoting the Lexington Pride Festival. Adamson politely declined, explaining that the requested message conflicted with his Biblical beliefs.

The GLSO then filed a discrimination complaint with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, which ruled against Adamson, ordering him to begin "diversity training" and to print messages contrary to his religious beliefs.

In May 2017, the Kentucky Court of Appeals rescinded the commission's ruling on religious liberty grounds, but the Human Rights Commission appealed the decision to the Kentucky Supreme Court.

The state's high court sided with Adamson, writing in its opinion, "This matter must be dismissed because the Gay and Lesbian Services Organization....lacked statutory standing to assert a claim against Hands On Originals under the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government ordinance."

"Today's decision makes clear that this case never should have happened," said Jim Campbell, Alliance Defending Freedom senior counsel. "Government officials used this case to turn Blaine's life upside down. The First amendment protects Blaine's right to continue serving all people while declining to print messages that violate his faith." ~~
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