The court ruled 6-3 long ideological lines that the First Amendment bars Colorado from "forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees."
Supreme Court says 1st Amendment entitles web designer to refuse same-sex wedding work
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/30/1182121291/colorado-supreme-court-same-sex-marriage-decision
8 Comments
Silverseren@kbin.social · 8 pts · 3y
It should be noted that the entire case was predicated on a lie. The website designer was suing to not have to make a wedding website for a same-sex wedding. They were never asked to do that in the first place. The guy who was asking for the website is married to a woman, so...yeah, the website designer just made things up when making the case.
Also, the ruling specifics from Gorsuch are terrifying, because he added in a comment in his ruling that this also applied to things like the Boy Scouts firing a gay scout master because they have a "religiously held belief" against gay people.
ZILtoid1991@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
Racial segregation returning on the basis of religion when?
Silverseren@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Arguably, Gorsuch's wording with this decision might allow that now. He basically made a broad "religiously held beliefs trump all" claim in there.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Let's not forget- the KKK is a religious group. There's a reason they burn crosses.
tallwookie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
probably not for warmth, given that it doesnt get that cold in the deep south
Vaggumon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Would be a shame if her business or all businesses like hers suddenly lost so much patronage that they completely failed and she became homeless or something.
ObligatoryOption@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Does it mean you can put a sign on your business' door: "We don't serve MAGAsses"?
tallwookie@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 3y
interesting precedent!