The Kentucky Supreme Court held in its ruling that the GLSO lacked standing to make the discrimination claim against the print shop since it was not the original party to bring the action to the commission. That decision was overturned by the Fayette Circuit Court and the Kentucky Court of Appeals. The commission ruled in 2014 that the print shop violated a local ordinance that prohibits public accommodations from discriminating against individuals based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The GLSO filed a complaint with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Human Rights Commission, alleging that “Hands On denied GLSO the full and equal enjoyment of a service when Hands On refused to print the official T-shirts for the organization’s pride festival,” the opinion states. The Associated Press, Lexington Herald Leader and Wave 3 News have coverage. In its opinion Thursday, the state’s high court dismissed a discrimination claim against Blaine Adamson, one of the owners of Hands On Originals in Lexington, for declining a T-shirt order from the city’s Gay and Lesbian Services Organization for its gay pride festival in 2012. The Kentucky Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a Christian print shop owner who refused to print gay pride T-shirts for religious reasons.
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