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303 CREATIVE LLC v. ELENIS 

Opinion of the Court 

In her lawsuit, Ms. Smith alleged that, if she enters the
wedding website business to celebrate marriages she does
endorse, she faces a credible threat that Colorado will seek 
to use CADA to compel her to create websites celebrating
marriages she does not endorse.  6 F. 4th 1160, 1173–1174 
(CA10 2021).  As evidence, Ms. Smith pointed to Colorado’s
record of past enforcement actions under CADA, including 
one that worked its way to this Court five years ago.  See 
Masterpiece Cakeshop, 584 U. S., at ___ (slip op., at 9); see
also App. 25–155 (discussing Colorado’s other past enforce-
ment actions).

To facilitate the district court’s resolution of the merits of 
her case, Ms. Smith and the State stipulated to a number 
of facts: 

  Ms. Smith is “willing to work with all people regard-
less of classifications such as race, creed, sexual ori-
entation,  and  gender,”  and  she  “will  gladly  create 
custom graphics and websites” for clients of any sex-
ual orientation.  App. to Pet. for Cert. 184a. 

  She will not produce content that “contradicts bibli-

cal truth” regardless of who orders it.  Ibid. 

  Her belief that marriage is a union between one man
and one woman is a sincerely held religious convic-
tion.  Id., at 179a. 

  All  of  the  graphic  and  website  design  services  Ms.
Smith provides are “expressive.”  Id., at 181a. 
  The  websites  and  graphics  Ms.  Smith  designs  are
“original, customized” creations that “contribut[e] to 
the overall messages” her business conveys “through 
the websites” it creates.  Id., at 181a–182a. 

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tected classification.  Colo. Rev. Stat. §24–34–601(2)(a) (2022).  The Com-
munication Clause, Ms. Smith notes, prohibits any speech inconsistent 
with the Accommodation Clause.  Because Colorado concedes that its au-
thority to apply the Communication Clause to Ms. Smith stands or falls
with its authority to apply the Accommodation Clause, see Brief for Re-
spondents 44–45, we focus our attention on the Accommodation Clause.