![]() “I will work with any person, no matter who they are, and no matter what their belief systems are,” Adamson said in a press conference Friday. “The First Amendment in this case cuts in Hands On Originals’ favor- ensures that the government can’t use a law to force someone to print or convey a message that they find objectionable.” ![]() “The evidence is clear that Hands On Originals serves everyone-and just doesn’t print certain messages,” ADF counsel Joe Campbell told the justices on Friday. ![]() The high court heard the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) speak for Adamson and argue that the First Amendment protects him from having to print a gay pride message on any shirts. This then led to the high court hearing this past Friday, according to NBC News. The HRC says that Adamson’s refusal violated the gay-rights fairness ordinance, which prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in employment, housing, and public accommodations. This eventually led to him being the center of a longstanding discrimination court battle with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, according to Newsweek.
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