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.

    • Nepenthe
      4•1 year ago

      Affirmative action would have qualified as a step forward, but that’s gone now. Abortion, but that’s permanently on the ropes and I’ll die of shock if it doesn’t disappear, especially with the working class refusing to have children when they can barely feed themselves.

      I do still retain the legal option to own and withdraw from my own bank account without a man’s written or spoken permission, the lack of which trapped my grandmother in a horrifically abusive relationship, so that’s pretty sweet. We came damn close to having healthcare for a minute there, before anyone noticed.

      We’re ethically doing a tango.

      • Flying Squid
        1•1 year ago

        You’re allowed to own a credit card without a man’s permission now too. Bella Abzug realized in the 1970s that she could be in congress but she couldn’t own a credit card without her husband’s permission and fought hard to end it.

        Of course, I can’t wait for SCOTUS to decide that one is dead too. Ratfuckers.

    • snooggums
      1•1 year ago

      Legalizing gay marriage was a step forward, and not that long ago.