Stories tagged with: blaine adamson

• Court cases continue for 4 Christian business owners

  by Diana Chandler, posted Wednesday, August 14, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- At least four Christian business owners continue to fight for their religious liberty in years-long court battles.

  Kentucky T-shirt printer Blaine Adamson, Colorado cake baker Jack Phillips and Oregon bakery owners Aaron and Melissa Klein are fighting for their right to reject business projects that violate their freedom of conscience. Read More

• T-shirts now in religious liberty battle's spotlight

  by Art Toalston & Kentucky Today Staff, posted Tuesday, February 13, 2018 (6 years ago)

  

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  LEXINGTON, Ky. (BP) -- And now it's T-shirts.

  Blaine Adamson, owner of Hands On Originals apparel company, has become another figure in the battle over religious liberty for refusing to print T-shirts for a gay pride festival because of his Christian beliefs.

  In 2014, Adamson's small business in Lexington, Ky., was charged by the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission with violating the city's fairness ordinance for refusing to print T-shirts in 2012 ordered by Lexington's Gay and Lesbian Services Organization.

  Both the Fayette Circuit Court and the Kentucky Court of Appeals subsequently ruled in favor of Hands On Originals before an appeal was filed with the Kentucky Supreme Court in January. Read More