The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn’t want to make wedding websites for gay couples

[Michie]

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for gay rights, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled Friday that a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with same-sex couples.

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The Supreme Court rules for a designer who doesn't want to make wedding websites for gay couples

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority ruled a Christian graphic artist who wants to design wedding websites can refuse to work with gay couples, a setback for LGBTQ+ people and another win for religious plaintiffs.

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[JustOneWay]

Why not? They are trying to take away marriages for gay people, so why not take away their choices for websites, cakes, DJ's and venues because some refuse to work with them. This is how they will push gays out of the mainstream and back to being a counter-culture group.

I wonder how many websites that Christian graphic artist makes for heterosexuals who have been married multiple times, have had children out of wedlock and straight up adulterers?

 

[Yttrium]

I can understand the free speech argument, but I'm concerned about consistency. Sotomayor brought up the interracial couple situation, which is a very good point. Gorsuch handwaved the answer without really addressing it, as far as I can tell. I'll need some clarification.

 

[Hank77]

Why not? They are trying to take away marriages for gay people, so why not take away their choices for websites, cakes, DJ's and venues because some refuse to work with them. This is how they will push gays out of the mainstream and back to being a counter-culture group.

The decision does not apply to things like venues, limousine services, hotels/motels, etc... It specifically benefits artists. bakers, web designers, painters, sculptors, florists, etc.

"I wonder how many websites that Christian graphic artist makes for heterosexuals who have been married multiple times, have had children out of wedlock and straight up adulterers?"

How would a website designer know if someone was an adulterer, has had children out of wedlock, has been married multiple times, etc.? If they don't know how would it be offensive or sinful for them?

A florist could create wedding arrangements and a bouquet without ever knowing they were for a same-sex couple. How would creating those be offensive or sinful for them if they didn't know?

 

[Always in His Presence]

Some would say it is a victory for free speech. There are bakers etc in every city, why not just go to another instead of trying to punish someone for their beliefs.

 

[JustOneWay]

The decision does not apply to things like venues, limousine services, hotels/motels, etc... It specifically benefits artists. bakers, web designers, painters, sculptors, florists, etc.

"I wonder how many websites that Christian graphic artist makes for heterosexuals who have been married multiple times, have had children out of wedlock and straight up adulterers?"

How would a website designer know if someone was an adulterer, has had children out of wedlock, has been married multiple times, etc.? If they don't know how would it be offensive or sinful for them?

A florist could create wedding arrangements and a bouquet without ever knowing they were for a same-sex couple. How would creating those be offensive or sinful for them if they didn't know?

Those were rhetorical questions. But, it is so easy for them to see the gay and feel relieved they don't have to post pictures of two men hugging, because of Jesus. Yes, ignorance is bliss, and not all sins are created equal.

 

[JustOneWay]

Some would say it is a victory for free speech. There are bakers etc in every city, why not just go to another instead of trying to punish someone for their beliefs.

Punish - by making money.

That is some punishment there....

 

[Always in His Presence]

Punish - by making money.

That is some punishment there....

Nope - Money is not the key to everybody - some people live by their beliefs and will not change them even if money is the issue. Some people cannot be bought.

The punish part I was referring to is the cost these small business owners need to go through to defend their right to follow their beliefs. If I were to walk into a bakery and ask for a specific cake and was told no - for whatever reason - I'd go to the next one. Not open a court case.

It's a cake

 

[JustOneWay]

Nope - Money is not the key to everybody - some people live by their beliefs and will not change them even if money is the issue. Some people cannot be bought.

LOL People do not design wedding websites for free. Do you have a job? If so that means you have been bought. Good to know.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Example: I am a conservative Christian. I go into my local Lebanese bakery (phenomenal breads!)

I ask them to bake a cake with "Jesus is the one and only Lord".

They refuse because to a Muslim, that is blasphemy. Do i sur them, or just simply find another baker?

 

[Always in His Presence]

LOL People do not design wedding websites for free. Do you have a job? If so that means you have been bought. Good to know.

Yep I do. There NO amount on money on earth that will allow me to accept money from an entity that goes against my beliefs. Isn't that good to know also?

Is there suddenly a lack of web designers?

 

[JustOneWay]

Yep I do. There NO amount of money on earth that will allow me to accept money from an entity that goes against my beliefs. Isn't that good to know also?

Everybody has a price....

Is there suddenly a lack of web designers?

Already answered. This is how they will push gays out of the mainstream and back to being a counter-culture group.
Eventually the gay community will look for help within their own community for their needs, at least until they are pushed back further into the closet.

 

[GodLovesCats]

I can understand the free speech argument, but I'm concerned about consistency. Sotomayor brought up the interracial couple situation, which is a very good point. Gorsuch handwaved the answer without really addressing it, as far as I can tell. I'll need some clarification.

Sonia Sotomayor is Hispanic and was appointed by America's first interracial President. Like everyone else, she was fully aware Barack Obama is only half black. So it makes sense she was the justice who brought that up.

The issue with inconsistency is obvious. If you can marry whoever you want to regardless of race, you can also marry a member of the same sex. The SCOTUS cant' have it both ways. Do the conservative justices want to ban interracial marriages too?

But there is something else to consider: Both the right to marry a member of another race and the right to marry a person of the same sex were affirmed by the SCOTUS years ago on the basis of the U.S. Constitution. Everyone always had those rights since 1791.

 

[JustOneWay]

But there is something else to consider: Both the right to marry a member of another race and the right to marry a person of the same sex were affirmed by the SCOTUS years ago on the basis of the U.S. Constitution. Everyone always had those rights since 1791.

Yes, and the Supreme Court also claimed that abortion was settled law, until it was not. Gay marriage is on the list of what republicans want to do away with.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Everybody has a price....

I and many others do not. That's just the plain truth and it is being demonstrated in this and the other bakery case. People will lay down their money, time and businesses to defend their beliefs.

Already answered. This is how they will push gays out of the mainstream and back to being a counter-culture group.
Eventually the gay community will look for help within their own community for their needs, at least until they are pushed back further into the closet.

Don't believe this for a tenth of a second. There are thousands of web site designers - no one is pushing anyone out of anything by refusing to work for them. Their freedoms are not impinged because one person said no, and their rights do not supersede the rights of others. This is a Democracy, we are a free nation.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Gay marriage is on the list of what republicans want to do away with.

Please provide this list from a Republican website or source or please remove this as it would be a baseless unsubstantiated claim.

 

[JustOneWay]

Please provide this list from a Republican website or source or please remove this as it would be a baseless unsubstantiated claim.

Here are the GOP senators who voted against the same-sex marriage bill

Correction: Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) told a local news outlet that although he opposed the Respect for Marriage Act, he supports the LGBTQ community and will defend gay Americans’ right to…

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Here are all the GOP Senators that voted against the Respect for Marriage Act:

Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

Sen. John Boozman (R-Ark.)

Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.)

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas)

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.)

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.)

Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho)

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.)

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.)

Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.)

Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa)

Sen. BIll Hagerty (R-Tenn.)

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)

Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.)

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.)

Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.)

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.)

Sen. John Neely Kennedy (R-La.)

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.)

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.)

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)

Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho)

Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.)

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla/)

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.)

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala/)

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.)

 

[KCfromNC]

Please provide this list from a Republican website or source or please remove this as it would be a baseless unsubstantiated claim.

The Republican Party Platform, 2020 page 11 of the 2016 Republican Party platform. It's even more important than guns apparently, given that the attack on Obergefell v. Hodges comes first.

 

[JustOneWay]

I and many others do not. That's just the plain truth and it is being demonstrated in this and the other bakery case. People will lay down their money, time and businesses to defend their beliefs.

Don't believe this for a tenth of a second. There are thousands of web site designers - no one is pushing anyone out of anything by refusing to work for them. Their freedoms are not impinged because one person said no, and their rights do not supersede the rights of others. This is a Democracy, we are a free nation.

Sorry, but it is the plain truth.

 

[JustOneWay]

The Republican Party Platform, 2020 page 11 of the 2016 Republican Party platform. It's even more important that guns apparently, given that the attack on Obergefell v. Hodges comes first.

Somehow he thinks that since they have opposed gay marriage forever that today they don't! It took 50 years for them to overturn abortion, and they will not stop until gay marriage is also repealed.