Chris Christie slams Justice Sotomayor for dissent in Christian web designer case.

Former New Jersey Governor Slams Supreme Court Justice for Dissent in Religious Freedom Case

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie slammed leftist Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Sunday for her dissent in the Court’s ruling last week that a Colorado law that would have required a Christian graphic designer to design a website for a same-sex wedding was illegal.

In a 6-3 decision in the case of 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the Court cited the First Amendment in ruling that Lorie Smith could not be forced by state civil rights law to design websites that run counter to her sincerely-held religious beliefs.

During an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” with host Dana Bash, Christie was asked about his stance on the ruling.

“I stand with Justice Gorsuch,” Christie said. “Look, and the thing that’s bad about the dissenting opinion is that it mischaracterizes the decision. This business has no right not to serve people of a protected class. But, by the same token, the government doesn’t have the right to tell a business the nature of how they need to use their expressive abilities.”

Christie expressed concern over the misrepresentation of the ruling, stating that the business in question cannot deny LGBTQ individuals or couples from accessing their services. However, they cannot be compelled to create content that goes against their personal religious beliefs. He criticized the Democratic Party for only supporting Supreme Court decisions that align with their preferred ideology, and emphasized the importance of protecting First Amendment rights for all individuals, regardless of their political affiliation.

Christie then specifically addressed Justice Sotomayor’s comments regarding the potential broader implications of the decision.

“Look, what Sonia Sotomayor, the justice, Sotomayor, was saying in her opinion was that they could — that this decision could be used to deny people of LGBTQ backgrounds the ability to access this business. That’s simply not true,” he said. “They can access this business. They can access this business. They just can’t force the owner to do something that is against her personal religious beliefs. And so if they want to come in and they want a web design for their business, they want a web design for a charity, they want a web design for anything else that they’re doing, they could certainly do that.”

Christie dismissed Sotomayor’s claim as an attempt to incite controversy, asserting that the decision is narrow in scope and does not impede LGBTQ individuals from accessing the business’s services. He also reassured that if anyone were to challenge the boundaries of the ruling, legal action would be taken promptly to protect the rights of all parties involved.

Watch the interview below:

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