Colorado Officials to Pay $1.5 Million in Fees to Web Designer

Colorado officials agreed to pay more than $1.5 million to a graphic design artist on Tuesday who challenged the constitutionality of a law that would compel her to violate her Christian beliefs, according to a religious legal group.

Alliance Defending Freedom said in a news release that the officials agreed to pay Lorie Smith over $1.5 million in attorneys’ fees to resolve her 2016 First Amendment lawsuit. The suit targeted the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act, which Smith alleged would compel her to provide wedding website design services to same-sex couples, contrary her religious beliefs.

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