The Supreme Court will ci a se over gay rights and ee speech.
Contents:
- DERSHOWZ TO NEWSMAX: GAY RIGHTS DECISN 'EXTREMELY DANGERO'
- WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF GAY RIGHTS? MORE LAWSUS
DERSHOWZ TO NEWSMAX: GAY RIGHTS DECISN 'EXTREMELY DANGERO'
* gay rights verdict *
“The worry is that this provis a green light to any bs owner that they n refe service to any person on the basis of their inty, whether they’re gay or lbian, or Jewish or Black, or anythg, bee they have an objectn to those sorts of people beg their bs, ” said Kathere Franke, a profsor at Columbia Law School. In 2020, Gorsuch livered a massive w to the LGBTQ muny when he livered the majory opn a se that extend feral protectns to gay, lbian and transgenr workers. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTThe Supreme Court is stgglg to draw a le between two kds of rights: those afford to gay people and protectns for ee speech.
Yterday, the jtic heard a highly anticipated se about whether a Colorado webse signer who oppos same-sex marriage should be pelled to serve gay signer, Lorie Smh, said she wanted to expand her bs to offer weddg s. But she did not want to peddle her weddg servic to gay clients, based on her relig beliefs.
WHAT’S THE FUTURE OF GAY RIGHTS? MORE LAWSUS
So she sued state officials, claimg that forcg her to provi servic to gay upl amounted to endorsg their marriag and vlated her ee speech sis argue that the se uld have big nsequenc. Jtice Elena Kagan, a liberal, poted to one example: A se creator may be fortable wh a sign that says “God bls this unn” for straight upl but not for gay upl.
If the law pels her to offer that sign to gay upl, uld amount to forcg her to exprs views that she disagre example gets at a re issue the se: Is Smh discrimatg agast gay people or is she refg to support same-sex marriage any way? Smh said she wanted to beg offerg weddg webs, but do not want to make weddg webs for gay upl bee of her relig has argued that her webs should be classed as art and therefore protected by her nstutnal right to ee speech unr the first state of Colorado said this would vlate the Colorado Anti-Discrimatn Act, which says bs nnot refe servic to ctomers based on sexual orientatn, race or his majory opn, Gorsuch said that the first amendment prohibed Colorado om “forcg a webse signer to create exprsive signs speakg msag wh which the signer disagre”. The symbolic effect, she said, was to “mark gays and lbians for send-class stat.