{"id":1962025,"date":"2023-06-30T23:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-hurd-says-supreme-court-ruling-siding-with-christian-web-designer-was-right-call\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T23:17:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T03:17:52","slug":"will-hurd-says-supreme-court-ruling-siding-with-christian-web-designer-was-right-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-hurd-says-supreme-court-ruling-siding-with-christian-web-designer-was-right-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurd supports Supreme Court&#8217;s decision favoring Christian web designer."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwill-hurd-says-supreme-court-ruling-siding-with-christian-web-designer-was-right-call%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1962025&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former Texas GOP Rep. Will Hurd Enters 2024 Republican Presidential Race<\/h2>\n<p>Former Texas GOP Rep. Will Hurd, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/caitlyn-jenner-supports-pathway-to-citizenship-says-border-crisis-motivated-gubernatorial-run\/\" title=\"Caitlyn Jenner Supports Pathway To Citizenship, Says Border Crisis Motivated Gubernatorial Run\">latest candidate<\/a> to enter the 2024 Republican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">presidential race<\/a>, expressed &#8220;uncomfortable&#8221; support for the Supreme Court ruling in favor of a Christian web designer in Colorado who refused to provide service to LGBT weddings due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/becerra-tells-congress-this-individual-never-sued-any-nuns-despite-californias-small-sisters-of-the-indegent-lawsuit\/\" title=\"Becerra Tells Congress This individual \u2018Never Sued Any Nuns\u2019 Despite California\u2019s Small Sisters Of THE INDEGENT Lawsuit\">religious objections<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is a decision that makes me uncomfortable,\u201d Hurd said in an interview with MSNBC on Friday. \u201cBut I think it was the right <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-hurd-says-supreme-court-ruling-siding-with-christian-web-designer-was-right-call\/\" title=\"Hurd supports Supreme Court's decision favoring Christian web designer.\">call partly<\/a> because we should protect expression and speech, even if it makes us uncomfortable when we disagree with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Protecting Speech and Expression<\/h3>\n<p>Hurd said he disagrees \u201cwith the anti-LGBTQ sentiments\u201d demonstrated in the case but believes in protecting the ability to have speech and ensuring that the government cannot dictate what individuals should do, even if they disagree with the content of that speech.<\/p>\n<p>In a 6-3 vote, the conservative majority Supreme Court sided with a Denver-area web designer, ruling against Colorado&#8217;s law because it would force the designer to create speech that she does not believe due to her Christian beliefs.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the ruling that the Colorado measure violated the First Amendment, stating, \u201cAll persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>A Presidential Candidate with a Different Vision<\/h3>\n<p>Hurd, a former CIA officer and three-term Congressman, has entered the presidential race with a focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/immigrants-failing-schools-and-rising-crime-new-chicago-mayor-has-long-to-do-list\/\" title=\"Chicago's new mayor has a lot on her plate, including addressing immigration, improving schools, and reducing crime.\">addressing immigration<\/a>, rising homelessness, inflation, and crime, among other pressing issues. He aims to provide a fresh perspective for Republicans, stating that &#8220;Republicans deserve better.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hurd also emphasized that this Supreme Court ruling protects LGBT website designers from being compelled to produce content that goes against their beliefs, ensuring their freedom of expression.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Texas GOP Rep. Will Hurd, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, reluctantly backed the Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling favoring a Christian web designer in Colorado who declined service to LGBT weddings based on religious beliefs. 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