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Most significant, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ laws are nowhere near as broad as Colorado. They prohibit discrimination based on factors like race, religion, gender and ethnic origin — but not sexual orientation.

And the Republican-controlled Legislature has rejected multiple efforts by Democrat lawmakers to add that to the list of protected classes.

But several communities do have their own local ordinances, including ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, Phoenix, Tempe and Sedona.

Less clear is whether anything the U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday will undermine efforts to enforce those laws or affect a case pending on that issue right now before the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Court of Appeals.

Jonathan Scruggs, an attorney for the Alliance Defending Freedom, which brought the case on behalf of the Colorado baker, acknowledged that the justices, in their 7-2 ruling, never reached the question of whether there is a First Amendment right of merchants to refuse to use their talents to advance a cause in which they do not believe, in this case, the marriage of a same-sex couple.

“They left it for another day,� he said. Instead, Scruggs said, the justices said that people who say they have a “sincerely held religious belief� are entitled to have those claims examined — and examined fairly.

“You can’t just dismiss these claims out of hat as rank bigotry and rank discrimination,� he said.

And Scruggs said that’s what’s at the heart of his organization’s lawsuit here on behalf of Joanna Duka and Breanna Koski, the owners of the Brush & Nib Studio.

In essence, the pair which does custom artwork wedding invitations sued to void a Phoenix ordinance that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. While they had not been charged with violating the ordinance — in fact, they had not even turned away any customers — the self-described evangelical Christians wanted a court to rule that they can’t be compelled to provide a product that would violate their religious beliefs under the threat of fines and jail.

A trial judge tossed out the claim. The Court of Appeals heard arguments in April and is likely to decide the case later this summer.

In ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, where there is a similar ordinance, city officials said they were unaware of any active litigation over the law.