The court issued a major ruling on whether businesses can refuse to sell certain products and services if they disagree with the message the customer wishes to convey.

The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that a web designer can refuse to create websites for same-sex weddings on religious grounds. The case involved a Colorado web designer named Lorie Smith, who refused to create a website for a same-sex couple’s wedding. The couple filed a complaint with the Colorado Civil Rights Commission, alleging that Smith’s refusal violated their civil rights.

  • mich@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    So screwed up that they decided Affirmative Action on Equal Protection grounds and then pivoted to First Amendment rights to justify this decision.

    It’s a constitutional failure in the US that rights can be undermined by the court in this way without any checks.

    • joe@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      That it is. We need to make our representative democracy more… representative. Things like:

      • uncapping the seats for the house of representatives
      • moving away from plurality voting
      • getting rid of, or otherwise nullifying, the electoral college

      There’s a boatload of other stuff but I think those three would have the greatest return on investment.

      The problem is that we are living under minority rule, and the minority that is ruling knows that if they lose power they may never get it back, which makes them desperate and dangerous.