but, as this court hasong held, the opportunity to speak for oursves and express thoughts freely is among our most churched liberties and part of what keeps our republic strong. tolerance, not coercion is the answer. all persons are free you think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands. because colorado seeks to deny that promise, the judgment is reversed." your comments? guest: one of the interesting things about the 6-3 decision is that colorado had not done anything to coerce lorie smith. there was never a prosecution or a complaint against her. there were stipulation about what he was doing, but there was never an opportunity for the colorado civil-rights commission to apply the statute to her. if she was correct, which was her claim that gorsuch accepted, that i am not discriminating because of sexual orientation. i discriminating based on message when i express a wedding website in the event that i want to. that does not violate the colorado statute. the colorado statute only prohibits the denial of equal rights because of sexual orientation, not because of message. o