...But Center for Constitutional Rights lawyer Pamela C. Spees, who is heading SMUG’s legal team, said it’s no win for Lively. The minister and his lawyers “clearly wanted the language taken out,” she told the Globe. “It stayed in the [lower court] opinion. They can spin it all they want, but they didn’t need to take it up on appeal to have it stated” that Ponsor’s comments about Lively’s homophobia were not legally binding. SMUG is considering whether to sue Lively in state court, she added. ...

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