Gay Rights vs. Free Speech: Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage
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The 6-3 decision, which turned on the court’s interpretation of the First Amendment, appeared to suggest that the rights of L.G.B.T.Q. people 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.

  • LucyLastic@beehaw.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    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

    • TechyDad@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      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?

    • Omegamanthethird@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      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?

  • GivingEuropeASpook@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    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).

  • oblast@beehaw.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    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?

    • Dr. Jenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube
      2·
      1 year ago

      businesses, especially ones operated online, can really reject you for whatever reason they want.

      Legally speaking, this isn’t actually true, at least in America. Businesses are not legally allowed to discriminate against protected classes. For example, it’s the reason why it’s illegal to refuse service to someone simply because they’re black (race is a protected class) but ok to discriminate against say redheads (hair color is not a protected class).

    • Recant@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      4 months ago

      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.

    • mookulator@wirebase.org
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      1 year ago

      False. It is illegal to discriminate against someone based on race, religion or sex, according to Title 2 of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

      America was at a crossroads of what freedom really meant 60 years ago, not today. It is now long-established law that freedom is the ability to shop wherever.

      All that is up for debate is whether sexual orientation should be included, despite not being explicitly included. Textualists say no, intentionalists say yes.

    • Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.orgM
      1·
      1 year ago

      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.

    • famskiis@vlemmy.net
      0·
      1 year ago

      So you’re implying that you would want to give that person your business anyway? This ruling means nothing, find another web designer

      • trashhalo@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        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

        • famskiis@vlemmy.net
          0·
          1 year ago

          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.

          • sludge@beehaw.org
            2·
            1 year ago

            both of these hypotheticals are actually very unethical and i don’t see why anyone would support that.

          • trashhalo@beehaw.orgEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Interesting! Does your world view have any limits in this area? Like should any business be required to serve customers they are uncomfortable with?