This was long overdue, and I should have made it per day when the supreme court did these cases. But oh well, it’s all under one megathread. This will be active for a couple of days.
This was long overdue, and I should have made it per day when the supreme court did these cases. But oh well, it’s all under one megathread. This will be active for a couple of days.
A website designer refused to make a website for a gay wedding couple, citing that homosexual relationship are against their religious beliefs. The state had laws forbidding discrimination on the basis of sexuality and in a lawsuit tried to force the designer to make the website. The Supreme Court decided 6-3 that religious beliefs are more important and the state can’t force someone do do business against their religious beliefs and that doing so would be a violation of free speech by forcing someone to make speech.
It’s important to point out that the entire story behind the case was fabricated. There was no gay couple asking for anything. It was all garbage used to erode LGBTQ+ rights.
And the web designer doesn’t even make websites for wedding. The whole thing was fake and designed to reach the supreme court and to just this.
That’s news to me, do you know where I can read more?
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/01/1185632827/web-designer-supreme-court-gay-couples
This whole case has me asking questions- who hires a web designer to build them a website for their wedding? People with an extra few grand sitting around on top of the costs of having a wedding? I’m going with: nobody. Nobody makes a website for their wedding when they could just post about it on social media for free.
This is the stupidest timeline.
I’ve been to at least 3 weddings with a website. They have an RSVP page, a registry, a guestbook, and photo albums and friends/family can add to the album.