Colorado to Pay $1.5 Million to Christian Web Designer After Losing Supreme Court Case

The plaintiff said the law requiring her to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings infringed on her constitutional rights.

Lorie Smith, a Christian graphic artist and website designer in Colorado, appears outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Dec. 5, 2022. Andrew Harnik/AP Photo

Colorado has agreed to pay $1.5 million in lawyers’ fees to a Christian website designer after she won her case over a state anti-discrimination law at the U.S. Supreme Court.

The payment agreement dated Nov. 19 comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in June 2023 in favor of Lorie Smith, who said Colorado’s law requiring her to create websites to celebrate same-sex weddings infringed on her constitutional rights.