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Cake day: June 19th, 2023

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  • My cousin or my best friend or myself who might be gay or lesbian, any store they walk in they might get discriminated against because the Supreme Court says it’s OK

    This is irresponsibly wrong, and I’m really surprised this is what you hear on a national network.

    Breaking it down:

    • The Supreme Court found that a Colorado law would violate the First Amendment as it’s currently written
    • The law says that businesses cannot deny any service to members of a protected class based on their membership in that class
    • The business owner in question offers services that involve creating expressive works (protected by 1A)
    • The Court found that Colorado cannot prohibit the owner from refusing to create an expressive work with a message they disagree with.

    Here’s what the Court did NOT find:

    • Business can deny service to any person because they’re LGBTQA.
      • This was not the question before the court, and in fact the business owner in this case stipulated that she already does not deny service to anyone based on their membership in a protected group.
    • Businesses can refuse to create an expressive work for any person because they’re LGBTQA
      • It’s not the fact that the person is gay, but that the message of the requested work is objectionable to the owner. Colorado cannot compel expression, per the Constitution.

    And yet Van Jones is out here embarrassing himself and misinforming people who are LOOKING for a reason to be angry. Be angry about the facts, if you must be angry about anything.






  • Now, I get it. No one wants to feel like they actually voted for the conservative outcomes

    This is projection. Can you conceive of someone with slightly different political values than yourself?

    A half-measure at best, and you know it, because as with everything they do, we only have bipartisan support if the wealthy get the lion’s share of the money. That’s how it was with Obamacare and COVID relief. It’s what they do.

    This is how you debate? “I’m right because politician bad”? Cite a source or two.

    That totally matters in a country where marriage policies exist mostly at the state level

    lol, with the small exceptions of my own tax bill and federal benefits.

    and the Supreme Court has already admitted they’re gunning for gay marriage next.

    Right…in which case federal recognition becomes critically important.