'Free to Communicate Their Beliefs': AZ High Court Rules Christian Artists Still Have Rights

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the City of Phoenix cannot use a criminal law to force two Christian artists to design and create custom wedding invitations expressing messages that conflict with the artists' core beliefs. Such coercion, the court held, would violate the fundamental principle that "an individual has autonomy over his or her speech and thus may not be forced to speak a message he or she does not wish to say."

The court ruled in favor of Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski, owners of Brush...