EXCLUSIVE: Harassment, Death Threats Against Web Designer Surge Since Supreme Court Decision Upholding Freedom of Speech

EXCLUSIVE: Harassment, Death Threats Against Web Designer Surge Since Supreme Court Decision Upholding Freedom of Speech
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
Mark Tapscott
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Lorie Smith, the Colorado website designer at the heart of the Supreme Court’s landmark 303 Creative v. Elenis decision on June 30 upholding freedom of speech, is receiving a barrage of increasingly intense harassment, including serious death threats, following the 6–3 ruling.

“Especially in the last week, despite the victory last week, I do continue to face horrific attacks, people saying they hope I would be raped; they want to burn my house down; they know where I live, and they want to come kill me and my family,” Ms. Smith told The Epoch Times on July 5 in an exclusive interview.

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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