Buttigieg Suggests Christian Web Designer ‘Went Into the Wedding Business’ to ‘Provoke’ SCOTUS Case

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is suggesting the web designer involved in a ⚖️Supreme Court decision sought to spark the case.

During an appearance on CNN Sunday, Buttigieg discussed the case involving web designer Lorie Smith and whether she could refuse to do work for same-sex couples. The court ruled the First Amendment allows Smith not to do work that would endorse messages she disagrees with.

“I think it’s very revealing that there’s no evidence that this web designer was ever even approached by anyone asking for a website for a same-sex wedding,” the transportation secretary said.

He continued, “Matter of fact, it appears this web designer only went into the wedding business for the purpose of provoking a case like this.”

Buttigieg went on:

“I think there’s something in common between this ⚖️Supreme Court ruling and what we’re seeing happening in state legislatures across the country, which is kind of a solution looking for problems, in other words, sending these kinds of things to the courts and sending these kinds of things to state legislatures for the clear purpose of chipping away at the equality and the rights that have so recently been won in the LGBTQ+ community.”