'If that argument were sufficient to allow Hands On Originals - a for-profit business that markets its services to the public at large - to violate the antidiscrimination laws, a host of other businesses would be able to engage in illegal discrimination as well.' | (Photo: The Christian Post/Samuel Smith) Lynn, executive director of Americans United For Separation of Church and State, speaks at a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. 'Appellee Hands On Originals, Inc., a commercial printing company, maintains that the First Amendment allows it to disregard this law and to deny service to customers seeking T-shirts for a gay-pride event because, it says, its 'work is expressive and artistic',' reads the brief. | (Photo: Screengrab/Vimeo)Ī national church-state watchdog group based in Washington, DC has entered the legal fray over a Kentucky business that refuses to print t-shirts for a gay pride event over religious objections.Īmericans United for Separation of Church and State filed an amicus brief in the Kentucky Court of Appeals on Monday against Hands on Originals and its owner, Blaine Adamson.
