Supreme Court Clash Over Religion and Gay Rights
The conservative majority signaled sympathy for Christian designer Lorie Smith who objects to making wedding websites for gay couples prompting a broader debate on whether artists must serve all clients. Justices pressed where to draw the line amid hypothetical scenarios including Black Santa, interracial marriage, and a Jewish dating site. The case unfolds as the court, 6-3 conservative, weighs religious liberty against anti discrimination rules while lawmakers at the Capitol draft a potential same sex marriage protections bill.
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Supreme Court
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Ashley Madison
Neil Gorsuch
High Court
Donald Trump
Lorie Smith
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Santa
Jackson
Sonia Sotomayor
Kristen Waggoner
Smith
Sotomayor
Samuel Alito
Capitol
Ormandy’s Toys Moves to New Medina Storefront
Medina shop owner John Ormandy moved Ormandy’s Toys and Trains from 10 Public Square to 110 W. Liberty St. after a 2021 eviction dispute with owner Cynthia Turner. He aimed to reopen for Scouts supplies and to serve Boy Scouts of America with uniforms and badges.
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Gazette
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Ormandy
Medina
Public Square
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Crossville
Tennessee
Turner
Medina County Common Pleas Court
Liberty St
Woodsy
Woodsy’s
Lafayette Road
Ormandy’s
Boy Scouts of America
Ormandy’s Toys and Trains
Wadsworth cops host Cops and Kids event at Target
Wadsworth police and Fire/EMS partnered for the Cops and Kids event at the Target store. Twenty seven children, each given two hundred fifty dollars, shopped with officers and firefighters after a Grace Lutheran breakfast.
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Wadsworth
Wadsworth Fraternal Order of Police
Wadsworth Target
Wadsworth Fire/EMS
Grace Lutheran Church
Water Main Grille
Main Street Medina earns 2022 accreditation
Main Street Medina was awarded the 2022 National Accreditation from Heritage Ohio, recognizing it as a National Main Street Community. Executive director George Sam led the documentation and board review, with a half day evaluation confirming robust downtown revitalization efforts and measurable outcomes.
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Main Street
Heritage Ohio
National Main Street Center
Ohio
George Sam
Main Street Medina
Sam
Francis Jo Hamilton
Ohio Main Street
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