Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski own Brush & Nib Studios, a specialist hand-painting company in Phoenix which creates artwork for big life events, such as wedding invitations.
They talk about their love of God on their website, saying that meeting each other was ‘a God thing’.
The city of Phoenix wanted to enforce an ‘ordinance’ which would prohibit anyone offering services (such as a business) discriminating against another based on their status in a ‘protected’ group, including someone’s sexual orientation.
The Christian women weren’t accused by the state but started the case themselves to prevent the ordinance being used against them in the future.
They wanted the right to have a statement on their website that explained that they would “not create any artwork that violates our vision as defined by our religious and artistic beliefs and identity.”
It lists several examples of objectionable artwork, including artwork promoting businesses that “exploit women or sexually objectify the female body”, “exploits the environment”, or “any custom artwork that demeans others, endorses racism, incites violence, contradicts our Christian faith, or promotes any marriage except marriage between one man and one woman,” such as “wedding invitations for same-sex wedding ceremonies.”
The city wanted to dismiss this request.
It’s now been ruled that the City of Phoenix cannot force…
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