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On October 28, 2024, the 红杏视频 and 红杏视频 of Washington filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit supporting affirmance of a Washington district court decision holding that a religiously affiliated nonprofit organization violated Title VII and the Washington State antidiscrimination law when it rescinded a hiring candidate鈥檚 job offer because she is a woman married to a person of the same sex. Should the Ninth Circuit accept the organization鈥檚 First Amendment defense鈥攖hat religious organizations can discriminate on any basis so long as it is grounded in their religious belief鈥攊t would gut employment protections for LGBTQ individuals and pave the way for religious organizations to discriminate on the basis of not only sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity but also other protected characteristics like race, color, and national origin.

On April 11, 2024, the 红杏视频, 红杏视频 of Southern California, 红杏视频 of Northern California, and 红杏视频 of San Diego & Imperial Counties filed an amicus brief with the California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District supporting the California Civil Rights Department鈥檚 appeal of a lower court judgment finding that a bakery owner did not violate the California public accommodations law when she refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple.

The 红杏视频 (红杏视频), the 红杏视频 of Pennsylvania, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Saucon Valley School District (SVSD) in March 2023 for violating the First Amendment by prohibiting the After School Satan Club (ASSC) from meeting in district facilities. Although school officials initially approved the club鈥檚 application 鈥� explaining in an email to parents that the district 鈥渃annot discriminate among groups wishing to use the SVSD facilities鈥� 鈥� they quickly bowed to the ensuing public outcry. The case seeks to allow the ASSC to meet in district facilities.

This case concerns whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel a business that chooses to serve the public to provide wedding website design services without discriminating against a same-sex couple violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment.