The decision appeared to suggest that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q. people, including to same-sex marriage, are on more vulnerable legal footing, particularly when they are at odds with claims of religious freedom.
Fucking Religious Reich and this bullshit court…throw it into the fire.
this is just the status quo. businesses, especially ones operated online, can really reject you for whatever reason they want. you can go full paranoia, and feed into political extremism, or just see this is as what it is; America being at crossroads for what “freedom” really means. Is freedom the ability to shop wherever, or the freedom for business owners to reject whomever they want, no matter the petty-ness of it?
That’s true. Moving past the emotional attempt to rile up the community by stating “throw it into the fire”, it isn’t clearly defined what a business can refuse business for.
If someone at a restaurant acts like a complete jerk and the business rejects providing service, is the business wrong for punishing the customer for expressing their freedom of speech? As long as that customer is not trying to incite violence, as it stands, there is no clarity on which party would be in the right.
The way they’ve made this ruling while the person at the center or the initial complaint has come forward to say that the entire case was fabricated confirms there’s no bottom to the pit of BS
Imagine not being able to bury your partner because the funeral owner objects to your relationship. It’s not like you can just go to the next funeral owner in town your going to have to drive a hour out and now your loved own isn’t buried close by so forever you will be driving to see her grave stone.
The carve out they made to discrimination was if your work involved “expressive activity”. Many businesses will apply to this label
I think that is a horrible and regrettable hypothetical, but one that should be allowed by the law. In the same way that I think Christians can be turned away at the door by a hardcore atheist.
If something about someone genuinely makes you uncomfortable, you should be allowed to distance yourself from them.
Only if you can make the argument that your business is artistic in nature… and if making a website is artistic in nature, surely serving food is too. Ironically this same argument could be applied to Katzenbach v. McClung and find the original ruling unconstitutional.
Of course they did, they want to “fix” the various decisions of the last 10, 20, 50+ years until the US is a single-party Christian‐ruled white ethnostate. They’d ban gay marriage today and start shooting queers tomorrow if they could, but they can’t (yet).
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this is just the status quo. businesses, especially ones operated online, can really reject you for whatever reason they want. you can go full paranoia, and feed into political extremism, or just see this is as what it is; America being at crossroads for what “freedom” really means. Is freedom the ability to shop wherever, or the freedom for business owners to reject whomever they want, no matter the petty-ness of it?
That’s true. Moving past the emotional attempt to rile up the community by stating “throw it into the fire”, it isn’t clearly defined what a business can refuse business for.
If someone at a restaurant acts like a complete jerk and the business rejects providing service, is the business wrong for punishing the customer for expressing their freedom of speech? As long as that customer is not trying to incite violence, as it stands, there is no clarity on which party would be in the right.
The way they’ve made this ruling while the person at the center or the initial complaint has come forward to say that the entire case was fabricated confirms there’s no bottom to the pit of BS
What was even the initial lawsuit?
The only way I can see this case happening is if a customer sued because of discrimination. But there was no customer. Who was she suing?
The level of fabrication would be impressive if it wasn’t so maddeningly illegal.
The guy didn’t contract for a website for his gay marriage.
He didn’t know that guy he was supposedly marrying.
And he’s straight.
And he’s been married to a woman for 15 years.
How did nobody check this out and what penalties can the website designer and lawyers face for lying in court?
It’s now legal to have a WHITES ONLY sign out front.
So you’re implying that you would want to give that person your business anyway? This ruling means nothing, find another web designer
Not all businesses are equal.
Imagine not being able to bury your partner because the funeral owner objects to your relationship. It’s not like you can just go to the next funeral owner in town your going to have to drive a hour out and now your loved own isn’t buried close by so forever you will be driving to see her grave stone.
The carve out they made to discrimination was if your work involved “expressive activity”. Many businesses will apply to this label
I think that is a horrible and regrettable hypothetical, but one that should be allowed by the law. In the same way that I think Christians can be turned away at the door by a hardcore atheist.
If something about someone genuinely makes you uncomfortable, you should be allowed to distance yourself from them.
both of these hypotheticals are actually very unethical and i don’t see why anyone would support that.
Interesting! Does your world view have any limits in this area? Like should any business be required to serve customers they are uncomfortable with?
Only if you can make the argument that your business is artistic in nature… and if making a website is artistic in nature, surely serving food is too. Ironically this same argument could be applied to Katzenbach v. McClung and find the original ruling unconstitutional.
Of course they did, they want to “fix” the various decisions of the last 10, 20, 50+ years until the US is a single-party Christian‐ruled white ethnostate. They’d ban gay marriage today and start shooting queers tomorrow if they could, but they can’t (yet).