The U.S. Supreme Court delivered another verdict in favor of free speech or, rather, the freedom to choose which speech one seeks to utter or not utter.

In a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled on Friday that a Christian graphic designer cannot be compelled by the state of Colorado to create a website for same-sex couples against her religious beliefs, the Daily Caller reported.

The “Court sided with Lorie Smith in her lawsuit challenging the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act (CADA), a law that prohibits public accommodations from restricting services based on sexual orientation,” the outlet noted further.

“Smith, owner of 303 Creative and represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), challenged the law as a violation of the First Amendment: while she wants to create websites that reflect her deeply held belief that marriage is between one man and one woman, the law would compel her to also create wedding websites for same-sex marriages,” the report said.

The majority opinion was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch and was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. The ruling noted that “tolerance, not coercion, is our Nation’s answer.”

“The First Amendment envisions the United States as a rich and complex place where all persons are free to think and speak as they wish, not as the government demands,” he wrote.

The court’s three liberals, however, dissented. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that Smith’s position is “profoundly wrong” in the dissenting opinion, which Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson joined, stating the Constitution “contains no right to refuse service to a disfavored group.”

“Around the country, there has been a backlash to the movement for liberty and equality for gender and sexual minorities,” Sotomayor wrote. “New forms of inclusion have been met with reactionary exclusion. This is heartbreaking.”

The ruling brings positive implications for Christian baker Jack Phillips, who continues to face legal battles despite his previous victory in the Supreme Court in 2018. Although the decision was based on specific grounds, acknowledging the Colorado Civil Rights Commission’s display of “impermissible hostility” in Phillips’ case, it did not address whether the law itself violated the First Amendment.

Consequently, another activist was able to file a lawsuit against Phillips in 2021 after he declined to create a cake celebrating a gender transition, the Daily Caller noted.