US supreme court strikes blow against LGBTQ+ rights with Colorado ruling

[Truth7t7]

US supreme court strikes blow against LGBTQ+ rights with Colorado ruling​

June 30, 2023

Web designer backed by Christian group argued making websites for same-sex couples would violate her first amendment rights

In his majority opinion, Gorsuch said that the first amendment prohibited Colorado from “forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees”. Backed by the other five rightwing justices who now control the court, he said the constitution protected an individual’s right to free speech “regardless of whether the government considers his speech sensible and well intentioned or deeply misguided”.

The ruling prompted an excoriating dissent from the three liberal justices. Written by Sonia Sotomayor and joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, the dissent noted that the decision was the first time in supreme court history that a business open to the public had been granted a constitutional right to refuse to serve people from a protected group.

“Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people,” Sotomayor lamented. The symbolic effect, she said, was to “mark gays and lesbians for second-class status. In this way, the decision itself inflicts a kind of stigmatic harm … The opinion of the court is, quite literally, a notice that reads: ‘Some services may be denied to same-sex couples’.”

 

[TinMan]

 

[Jack]

Probably owned and operated by Dems, the worst RACISTS in America. I'm not 'white' FYI.

 

[TinMan]

Probably owned and operated by Dems, the worst RACISTS in America. I'm not 'white' FYI.

yet it's republicans who just brought this back

 

[Jack]

yet it's republicans who just brought this back

You mean Rino's.

 

[bluedragon]

Ti Foil probably lives down the street where that sign is located. Northerners ....the worst group of racists in this country. ....

 

[TinMan]

Ti Foil probably lives down the street where that sign is located. Northerners ....the worst group of racists in this country. ....

From what I could find on line this sign was from a laundry in Montgomery Alabama

 

[TinMan]

Ti Foil probably lives down the street where that sign is located. Northerners ....the worst group of racists in this country. ....

Are you suggesting that there is something wrong with places of business putting signs like this out?

 

[TinMan]

US supreme court strikes blow against LGBTQ+ rights with Colorado ruling​

June 30, 2023

Web designer backed by Christian group argued making websites for same-sex couples would violate her first amendment rights

In his majority opinion, Gorsuch said that the first amendment prohibited Colorado from “forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees”. Backed by the other five rightwing justices who now control the court, he said the constitution protected an individual’s right to free speech “regardless of whether the government considers his speech sensible and well intentioned or deeply misguided”.

The ruling prompted an excoriating dissent from the three liberal justices. Written by Sonia Sotomayor and joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, the dissent noted that the decision was the first time in supreme court history that a business open to the public had been granted a constitutional right to refuse to serve people from a protected group.

“Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people,” Sotomayor lamented. The symbolic effect, she said, was to “mark gays and lesbians for second-class status. In this way, the decision itself inflicts a kind of stigmatic harm … The opinion of the court is, quite literally, a notice that reads: ‘Some services may be denied to same-sex couples’.”

I think it is more accurate to say it is a blow to human rights. The court opened the door to discrimination and effectively made a good number of people second class citizens. If they can ignore the constitution like that is any group safe?

 

[ButterflyJones]

US supreme court strikes blow against LGBTQ+ rights with Colorado ruling​

June 30, 2023

Web designer backed by Christian group argued making websites for same-sex couples would violate her first amendment rights

In his majority opinion, Gorsuch said that the first amendment prohibited Colorado from “forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees”. Backed by the other five rightwing justices who now control the court, he said the constitution protected an individual’s right to free speech “regardless of whether the government considers his speech sensible and well intentioned or deeply misguided”.

The ruling prompted an excoriating dissent from the three liberal justices. Written by Sonia Sotomayor and joined by Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson, the dissent noted that the decision was the first time in supreme court history that a business open to the public had been granted a constitutional right to refuse to serve people from a protected group.

“Today is a sad day in American constitutional law and in the lives of LGBT people,” Sotomayor lamented. The symbolic effect, she said, was to “mark gays and lesbians for second-class status. In this way, the decision itself inflicts a kind of stigmatic harm … The opinion of the court is, quite literally, a notice that reads: ‘Some services may be denied to same-sex couples’.”

Ketanji Brown Jackson, female, is so Left brainwashed she doesn't know the definition of female. Because, as she stated in her obviously rugged predetermined confirmation hearings, she's not a Biologist.

No surprise she joined the dissent.

The bad news about radical "protected" groups is they believe that status allows them to walk on others rights and right to a counter opinion.

The bad news about this decision is now Homosexual business owners can do the same thing to Christians. Muslims can too.

 

[TinMan]

The bad news about this decision is now Homosexual business owners can do the same thing to Christians. Muslims can too.

Why would they?

 

[Truth7t7]

I think it is more accurate to say it is a blow to human rights. The court opened the door to discrimination and effectively made a good number of people second class citizens. If they can ignore the constitution like that is any group safe?

Ignore the constitution?

That would be the liberal justices of the past that gave America the current garbage in same sex marriage in Sodom and Gomorrah

There is no provision whatsoever in the US constitution that protects a person's choice in sexuality, and the conservative super majority 6/3 corrected the political judicial activism of the past

 

[Truth7t7]

The bad news about this decision is now Homosexual business owners can do the same thing to Christians. Muslims can too.

The progressive liberals and homosexuals have targeted Christians for years, the (southern poverty law group) is just one example

No problem if a business doesn't want to serve Christians, on to the next business that will, it's that simple

 

[TinMan]

Ignore the constitution?

You the part where it says everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. If you are saying it's OK to discriminate agaisnt a particualr gruop then you are saying they are not equal in the eyes of the law and ignoring the constitution.

That would be the liberal justices of the past that gave America the current garbage in same sex marriage in Sodom and Gomorrah

No they echoed past ruling that said marriage and self determination is a fundamental right and as such can't be denied to anyone just because of who they are. It was basically the same ruling as in Loving V Virginia some 45 years earlier

There is no provision whatsoever in the US constitution that protects a person's choice in sexuality,

Maybe because it's not a choice.

Religion is a choice and that is protected.

and the conservative super majority 6/3 corrected the political judicial activism of the past

And brought back a segregation.

 

[RLT63]

yet it's republicans who just brought this back

I thought it was the Supreme Court

 

[Truth7t7]

You the part where it says everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. If you are saying it's OK to discriminate agaisnt a particualr gruop then you are saying they are not equal in the eyes of the law and ignoring the constitution.

There isn't protection in The Privileges Clause or Due Process Clause that protects citizens regarding their choice in sexuality as you suggest ​

The privilege clause was instituted in 1866 after slavery ended, and it was to protect freed slaves in their right to property ownership, etc (Privilege)

Privilege Clause: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;

The due process is to protect citizens from being deprived of life, liberty, property, as defined below, and against unequal protection of the law, such as inability to afford an attorney, that is why public defenders are appointed to the poor and destitute to satisfy the equal protection clause

Life = Death Penalty
Liberty = False Imprisonment
Property = Unlawful Search and Seizure

Due Process Clause: nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

 

[RLT63]

From what I could find on line this sign was from a laundry in Montgomery Alabama

Shows how much progress we’ve made

 

[TinMan]

I thought it was the Supreme Court

and who put this Supreme Court together?

 

[RLT63]

and who put this Supreme Court together?

The same process all Supreme Court Justices go through

 

[TinMan]

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Due Process Clause: nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

yes the equal protection of the law.
And Title II of the civil rights act concerns public accommodations: "All persons shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of any place of public accommodation, as defined in this section, without discrimination."

This is why segregation WAS illegal.