Re:Shopify pulls Donald Trump stores off its platform
by dragonwriter on Thursday January 07, 2021 @03:34PM
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> Imagine a christian baker who refuses to make a cake for a gay wedding, is it ok?
Well, in the case that has been litigated to the Supreme Court, the answer was “Yes”, though in part that rested on specific behaviors by the state actors that tried to say “No”, and the outcome might be different otherwise.
But certainly, its not established as a matter of law that the answer is “No”, so resting a counterargument to the Shopify action on that being the answer is weak.
(Its also weak even if the answer was established to be “No”, because even if it was it would be because of specific laws protecting against private discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation, which are an exception to the general principal that private businesses can choose who to do, or not do, business with.)
Well, in the case that has been litigated to the Supreme Court, the answer was “Yes”, though in part that rested on specific behaviors by the state actors that tried to say “No”, and the outcome might be different otherwise.
But certainly, its not established as a matter of law that the answer is “No”, so resting a counterargument to the Shopify action on that being the answer is weak.
(Its also weak even if the answer was established to be “No”, because even if it was it would be because of specific laws protecting against private discrimination in public accommodations on the basis of sexual orientation, which are an exception to the general principal that private businesses can choose who to do, or not do, business with.)