Post AXDs3II5REvA2iHQhs by timo21@mastodon.sdf.org
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 (DIR) Post #AXDs3FalTL4xflznu4 by w7voa@journa.host
       2023-06-30T14:07:12Z
       
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       #SCOTUS rules that the First Amendment bars #Colorado from forcing a Christian website designer to provide services for same-sex weddings. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/21-476_c185.pdf
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDs3GFX1lgliD4MRk by w7voa@journa.host
       2023-06-30T14:21:11Z
       
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       "Today, the Court, for the first time in its history, grants a business open to the public a constitutional right to refuse to serve members of a protected class," says Justice Sotomayor in her dissent.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDs3H3W1vfgDESHM8 by derek@toot.thedoodleproject.net
       2023-06-30T14:44:38Z
       
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       @w7voa wait, they are a protected class???? I am for that, but know not the federal law that grants our lgbtqia friends that status.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDs3II5REvA2iHQhs by timo21@mastodon.sdf.org
       2023-06-30T16:38:11Z
       
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       @derek @w7voa LGBTQ+ is protected via Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights, as per previous Supreme Court rulings.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDs3JPDIEDRV6cdSC by AIaYYAle4i1uKmKpqy.gme@bofh.social
       2023-06-30T16:38:58.175482Z
       
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       @timo21 @derek @w7voa Hmm. I wonder if a website designer can now legally refuse a black or jewish customer now.
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDs3KJvtLaOL19vrU by w7voa@journa.host
       2023-06-30T15:08:04Z
       
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       "Our right to free speech should never be used as a weapon for discrimination. Today’s decision rolls back decades of progress in anti-discrimination protections in this country." - League of Women Voters https://www.lwv.org/newsroom/press-releases/lwv-responds-supreme-court-decision-legalizing-discrimination-against-same
       
 (DIR) Post #AXDs3M4lMidjmY4qUi by w7voa@journa.host
       2023-06-30T16:16:43Z
       
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       “In America, no person should face discrimination simply because of who they are or who they love,” says President Biden’s statement following #SCOTUS decision in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/30/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-supreme-court-decision-in-303-creative-llc-v-elenis/