Gay Rights Ruling: Supreme Court Backs Web Designer Opposed to Same-Sex Marriage
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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.

The justices settled a question left open in 2018: whether businesses open to the public and engaged in expression may refuse to serve customers based on religious convictions.

  • Generic-Disposable@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s important to note that this was examining a state law, so it does depend on the state, but in Colorado for instance, a bar could still absolutely not have a “No Blacks” sign.

    Why not? Why isn’t a sign an expression of free speech?

    • BraveSirZaphod@kbin.socialOP
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      1 year ago

      The ruling specifically applies to the production of speech. A sign making company could refuse to make a “Whites Only” sign, for instance, without that being an example of discrimination against white people, per the logic of this ruling.